The Man with a Withered Hand. ^9 (A)Moving on from there, he went into their synagogue. ¹⁰ And behold, there was a man there who had a withered hand. They questioned him, “Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath?”^[a] so that they might accuse him. ^11 [b]He said to them, “Which one of you who has a sheep that falls into a pit on the sabbath will not take hold of it and lift it out? ¹² How much more valuable a person is than a sheep. So it is lawful to do good on the sabbath.” ¹³ Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and it was restored as sound as the other. ¹⁴ But the Pharisees^[c] went out and took counsel against him to put him to death.^(B)

The Chosen Servant.^[d]

Chapter 3

A Man with a Withered Hand. ^1 [a]Again he entered the synagogue.^(A) There was a man there who had a withered hand. ² They watched him closely to see if he would cure him on the sabbath so that they might accuse him. ³ He said to the man with the withered hand, “Come up here before us.” ⁴ Then he said to them, “Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil, to save life rather than to destroy it?” But they remained silent. ⁵ Looking around at them with anger and grieved at their hardness of heart, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out and his hand was restored.^{(B) 6 [b]}The Pharisees went out and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him to put him to death.