Mark 2:23–3:5

Lord of the Sabbath

^23aAnd it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while ^bpicking the heads of grain.

²⁴And the Pharisees were saying to Him, “Look, ^awhy are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

²⁵And He ^*said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions became hungry;

²⁶how he entered the house of God around the time of ^aAbiathar the high priest, and ate the ¹consecrated bread, which ^bis not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?”

²⁷And Jesus was saying to them, “^aThe Sabbath ¹was made ²for man, and ^bnot man ³for the Sabbath.

²⁸“Consequently the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

CHAPTER 3

Jesus Heals a Man on the Sabbath

^1aAnd He ^bentered again into a synagogue; and a man was there with a withered hand.

^2aAnd they were watching Him to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath, ^bso that they might accuse Him.

³And He ^*said to the man with the withered hand, “¹Get up and come forward!”

⁴And He ^*said to them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to kill?” But they kept silent.

⁵And after ^alooking around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, He ^*said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.