Mark 2:23–3:5

Controversy Over Sabbath-Work

Matt. 12:1–8; Luke 6:1–5

²³ⁿNow it happened that He went through the grainfields on the Sabbath; and as they went His disciples began ^oto pluck the heads of grain. ²⁴And the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why do they do what is ^pnot lawful on the Sabbath?”

²⁵But He said to them, “Have you never read ^qwhat David did when he was in need and hungry, he and those with him: ²⁶how he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the showbread, ^rwhich is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and also gave some to those who were with him?”

²⁷And He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the ^sSabbath. ²⁸Therefore ^tthe Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath.”

Controversy Over Sabbath-Healing

Matt 12:9–13; Luke 6:6–10

3And ^aHe entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a withered hand. ²So they ^bwatched Him closely, whether He would ^cheal him on the Sabbath, so that they might ¹accuse Him. ³And He said to the man who had the withered hand, ² “Step forward.” ⁴Then He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they kept silent. ⁵And when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the ^dhardness of their hearts, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored ³as whole as the other.