Matthew 12:5-14

English Standard Version

⁵ Or have you not read ^(A)in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless? ⁶ I tell you, ^(B)something greater than the temple is here. ⁷ And if you had known ^(C)what this means, ^(D)‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. ⁸ For ^(E)the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

A Man with a Withered Hand

⁹ He went on from there and ^(F)entered their synagogue. ¹⁰ And a man was there with a withered hand. And they asked him, ^(G)“Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—^(H)so that they might accuse him. ¹¹ He said to them, “Which one of you who has a sheep, ^(I)if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out? ^12 (J)Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So ^(K)it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” ¹³ Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And ^(L)the man stretched it out, and it was restored, healthy like the other. ¹⁴ But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him.