Mark 3:1-6

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Jesus Heals a Man’s Hand^(A)

3 Another time when Jesus went into a synagogue, a man with a ·crippled [paralyzed; deformed; shriveled] hand was there. ² ·Some people [^LThey; ^Cprobably the Pharisees; see 2:24, 27] watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal the man on the Sabbath day so they could accuse him.

³ Jesus said to the man with the crippled hand, “Stand up here in ·the middle [front] of everyone.”

⁴ Then Jesus asked ·the people [^Lthem; ^Cprobably the Pharisees], “Which is lawful [^Caccording to the law of Moses] on the Sabbath day: to do good or to do evil, to save a life or to kill?” But they ·said nothing to answer him [remained silent].

⁵ Jesus was angry as he looked at them, and he felt very ·sad [distressed; grieved] because ·they were stubborn [of their hard hearts]. Then he said to the man, “·Hold out [stretch out] your hand.” The man ·held out [stretched out] his hand and it was ·healed [restored]. ⁶ Then the Pharisees left and [immediately] began ·making plans [plotting] with the Herodians [^Ca political group that supported king Herod and his family] about a way to ·kill [destroy] Jesus.