Mark 2:23–3:5

Question 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.

²⁴The 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 in 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?”

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

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

Chapter 3

Jesus Heals on the Sabbath

^1aHe ^bentered again into a synagogue; and a man was there whose hand was withered.

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

³He 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.

⁵After ^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.