12One Sabbath day Jesus walked through the grainfields. His disciples were hungry. So they began to break off some heads of grain and eat them. ²The Pharisees saw this. They said to Jesus, “Look! It is against the Law to do this on the Sabbath. But your disciples are doing it anyway!”

³Jesus answered, “Haven’t you read about what David did? He and his men were hungry. ⁴So he entered the house of God. He and his men ate the holy bread. Only priests were allowed to eat it. ⁵Haven’t you read the Law? It tells how every Sabbath day the priests in the temple have to do their work on that day. But they are not considered guilty.

⁶“I tell you that one who is more important than the temple is here. ⁷Scripture says, ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ You don’t know what those words mean. If you did, you would not bring charges against those who are not guilty. ⁸The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath day.”

⁹Going on from that place, Jesus went into their synagogue. ¹⁰A man with a weak and twisted hand was there. The Pharisees were trying to find fault with Jesus. So they asked him, “Does the Law allow us to heal on the Sabbath day?”

¹¹He said to them, “What if one of your sheep falls into a pit on the Sabbath? Won’t you take hold of it and lift it out? ¹²A man is worth more than sheep! So the Law allows us to do good on the Sabbath day.”

¹³Then Jesus said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out. It was as good as new, just as good as the other hand.

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