Jesus Heals on the Sabbath

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

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

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

4 And 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.

5 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.

6 The Pharisees went out and immediately began 1conspiring with the aHerodians against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.

7 aJesus withdrew to the sea with His disciples; and ba great multitude from Galilee followed; and also from Judea,

8 and from Jerusalem, and from aIdumea, and beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of bTyre and Sidon, a great number of people heard of all that He was doing and came to Him.

9 aAnd He told His disciples that a boat should stand ready for Him because of the crowd, so that they would not crowd Him;

10 for He had ahealed many, with the result that all those who had bafflictions pressed around Him in order to ctouch Him.

11 Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they would fall down before Him and shout, “You are athe Son of God!”

12 And He aearnestly warned them not to 1tell who He was.