Luke 6:1–11

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

6:1–11pp—Mt 12:1–14; Mk 2:23–3:6

6One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands and eat the kernels.^{y 2}Some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”^z

³Jesus answered them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?^{a 4}He entered the house of God, and taking the consecrated bread, he ate what is lawful only for priests to eat.^b And he also gave some to his companions.” ⁵Then Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man^c is Lord of the Sabbath.”

⁶On another Sabbath^d he went into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was shriveled. ⁷The Pharisees and the teachers of the law were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely^e to see if he would heal on the Sabbath.^{f 8}But Jesus knew what they were thinking^g and said to the man with the shriveled hand, “Get up and stand in front of everyone.” So he got up and stood there.

⁹Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”

¹⁰He looked around at them all, and then said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and his hand was completely restored. ¹¹But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were furious^h and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.