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

¹⁴ But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the Sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured and not on the Sabbath day.”^(A)

¹⁶ Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not observe the Sabbath.” Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?” And they were divided.^(A)

⁶ They said this to test him, so 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 said to the man who had been cured, “It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.”^(A)

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

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

³ And Jesus asked the experts in the law and Pharisees, “Is it lawful to cure people on the Sabbath or not?”^{(A) 4} But they were silent. So Jesus^[a] took him and healed him and sent him away. ⁵ Then he said to them, “If one of you has a child^[b] or an ox that has fallen into a well, will you not immediately pull it out on a Sabbath day?”^{(B) 6} And they could not reply to this.

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