A Man with a Withered Hand

⁶ On another Sabbath, ^(A)he entered the synagogue ^(B)and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered. ⁷ And the scribes and the Pharisees ^(C)watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, ^(D)so that they might find a reason to accuse him. ⁸ But ^(E)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, ^(F)is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?” ¹⁰ And ^(G)after looking around at them all he said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” And ^(H)he did so, and his hand was restored. ¹¹ But they were filled with ^(I)fury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.

⁴⁰ So they went out of the prison and visited ^(A)Lydia. And when they had seen ^(B)the brothers, they encouraged them and departed.