Luke 6:5-8

J.B. Phillips New Testament

⁵ Then he added, “The Son of Man is master even of the Sabbath.”

—and provokes violent antagonism

^6-8 On another Sabbath day when he went into a synagogue to teach, there was a man there whose right hand was wasted away. The scribes and the Pharisees were watching Jesus closely to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath day, which would, of course, give them grounds for an accusation. But he knew exactly what was going on in their minds, and said to the man with the wasted hand, “Stand up and come out in front.”