Luke 6:1–11

Lord of the Sabbath

^1aNow it happened that on a Sabbath He was passing through some grainfields, and His disciples ^bwere picking and eating the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands.

²But some of the Pharisees said, “Why do you do what ^ais not lawful on the Sabbath?”

³And Jesus answered and said to them, “Have you never read ^awhat David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him,

⁴how he entered the house of God, and took and ate the ¹consecrated bread which ^ais not lawful for any to eat except the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?”

⁵And He was saying to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

Jesus Heals a Man on the Sabbath

^6aNow it happened that on another Sabbath He entered ^bthe synagogue and was teaching; and there was a man there ¹whose right hand was withered.

⁷And the scribes and the Pharisees ^awere watching Him closely to see if He heals on the Sabbath, so that they might find reason to accuse Him.

⁸But He ^aknew ¹what they were thinking, and He said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and ²come forward!” And he stood up and ³came forward.

⁹And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to destroy it?”

¹⁰And after ^alooking around at them all, He said to him, “Stretch out your hand!” And he did so, and his hand was restored.

¹¹But they themselves were filled with ¹rage, and were discussing together what they might do to Jesus.