Mark 2:27–3:6

²⁷Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for humankind and not humankind for the Sabbath,^{* 28}so the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”

The Man with a Withered Hand

³Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand.^{* 2}They were watching him to see whether he would cure him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him.^{* 3}And he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Come forward.” ⁴Then he said to them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. ⁵He looked around at them with anger; he was grieved at their hardness of heart and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. ⁶The Pharisees went out and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.^*