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Is It Lawful To Heal On The Sabbath? Jesus Heals a Man, Inflaming The Pharisees

And He entered again into the synagogue. And there was a man there having his hand having become-withered. And they were closely-watching Him to see if He would cure him on the Sabbath, in order that they might accuse Him. And He says to the man having the withered hand, “Arise into the middle”. And He says to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do-harm[a], to save a life or to kill?” But the ones were being silent. And having looked-around-at them with anger, while being deeply-grieved at the hardness of their heart, He says to the man, “Stretch out the hand”. And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored. And having gone out, the Pharisees immediately were giving counsel against Him with the Herodians[b] so that they might destroy Him.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 3:4 The answer is that the day makes no difference. It is good to do good and wrong to do harm on all seven days. The Sabbath is a day of rest from one’s work, not from doing good.
  2. Mark 3:6 That is, those politically linked to Herod’s family. As a false prophet, being a Sabbath-breaker, Jesus is a religious and political problem for these leaders.

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