Mark 2:23–3:5

Plucking Grain on the Sabbath

²³And it happened that he was going through the grain fields on the Sabbath, and his disciples began to make their way while^* plucking off the heads of grain. ²⁴And the Pharisees began to say^m to him, “Behold, why are they doing what is not permitted on the Sabbath?” ²⁵And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he had need and he and those who were with him were hungry—²⁶how he entered into the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the bread of the presentation, which it is not permitted to eat (except the priests) and also gave it^* to those who were with him?” ²⁷And he said to them, “The Sabbath was established for people, and not people for the Sabbath. ²⁸So then, the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”

A Man with a Withered Hand Healed

3And he entered into the synagogue again, and a man who had a withered hand was there. ²And they were watching him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath, in order that they could accuse him. ³And he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Come into the middle.” ⁴And he said to them, “Is it permitted on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. ⁵And looking around at them with anger, grieved at the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, “Stretch out your^a hand.” And he stretched it^* out, and his hand was restored.