Luke 5:29-6:11

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²⁹ And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company ^(A)of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them. ³⁰ And the Pharisees and ^(B)their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, ^(C)“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” ³¹ And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. ^32 (D)I have not come to call the righteous ^(E)but sinners ^(F)to repentance.”

A Question About Fasting

³³ And they said to him, ^(G)“The disciples of John ^(H)fast often and ^(I)offer prayers, ^(J)and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.” ³⁴ And Jesus said to them, ^(K)“Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? ^35 (L)The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and ^(M)then they will fast in those days.” ³⁶ He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. If he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. ³⁷ And no one puts new wine into old ^(N)wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. ³⁸ But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. ³⁹ And no one after drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is good.’”^[a]

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

6 ^(O)On a Sabbath,^[b] while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples ^(P)plucked and ate some ears of corn, rubbing them in their hands. ² But some of the Pharisees said, ^(Q)“Why are you doing ^(R)what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?” ³ And Jesus answered them, ^(S)“Have you not read ^(T)what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him: ⁴ how he entered the house of God and took and ate ^(U)the bread of the Presence, ^(V)which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those with him?” ⁵ And he said to them, ^(W)“The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

A Man with a Withered Hand

⁶ On another Sabbath, ^(X)he entered the synagogue ^(Y)and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered. ⁷ And the scribes and the Pharisees ^(Z)watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, ^(AA)so that they might find a reason to accuse him. ⁸ But ^(AB)he knew their thoughts, and he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come and stand here.” And he rose and stood there. ⁹ And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, ^(AC)is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?” ¹⁰ And ^(AD)after looking around at them all he said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” And ^(AE)he did so, and his hand was restored. ¹¹ But they were filled with ^(AF)fury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.