6One Sabbath day Jesus was walking through the grainfields. His disciples began to break off some heads of grain. They rubbed them in their hands and ate them.

²Some of the Pharisees said, “It is against the Law to do this on the Sabbath. Why are you doing it?”

³Jesus answered them, “Haven’t you ever read about what David did? He and his men were hungry. ⁴He entered the house of God and took the holy bread. He ate the bread that only priests were allowed to eat. David also gave some to his men.”

⁵Then Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath day.”

⁶On another Sabbath day, Jesus went into the synagogue and was teaching. A man whose right hand was weak and twisted was there. ⁷The Pharisees and the teachers of the law were trying to find fault with Jesus. So they watched him closely. They wanted to see if he would heal on the Sabbath.

⁸But Jesus knew what they were thinking. He spoke to the man who had the weak and twisted hand. “Get up and stand in front of everyone,” he said. So the man got up and stood there.

⁹Then Jesus said to them, “What does the Law say we should do on the Sabbath day? Should we do good? Or should we do evil? Should we save life? Or should we destroy it?”

¹⁰He looked around at all of them.

Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.”

He did, and his hand was as good as new.

¹¹But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were very angry. They began to talk to each other about what they might do to Jesus.

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