¹⁰ And a man was there with a withered hand. And they asked him, ^(A)“Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—^(B)so that they might accuse him.

¹⁴ But ^(A)the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus ^(B)had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, ^(C)“There are six days in which work ought to be done. Come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.”

¹⁶ Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not ^(A)from God, ^(B)for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, ^(C)“How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And ^(D)there was a division among them.

⁶ This they said ^(A)to test him, ^(B)that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.

¹⁰ So the Jews^[a] said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and ^(A)it is not lawful for you to take up your bed.”

^54 (A)lying in wait for him, ^(B)to catch him in something he might say.

¹⁷ Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay ^(A)taxes to ^(B)Caesar, or not?” ¹⁸ But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why ^(C)put me to the test, you hypocrites?

³ And Jesus responded to ^(A)the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, ^(B)“Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?” ⁴ But they remained silent. Then he took him and healed him and sent him away. ⁵ And he said to them, ^(C)“Which of you, having a son^[a] or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?” ^6 (D)And they could not reply to these things.

² But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, ^(A)“Look, your disciples are doing ^(B)what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”