Luke 6:1–11

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

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

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

³And Jesus answering them said, “Have you not even 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.”

^6abOn another Sabbath He entered ^cthe synagogue and was teaching; and there was a man there ¹whose right hand was withered.

⁷The scribes and the Pharisees ^awere watching Him closely to see if He healed 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 got 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?”

¹⁰After ^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 discussed together what they might do to Jesus.