1 ⁱAt that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to ^jpluck heads of grain and to eat. 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing ^kwhat is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.” 3 He said to them, “Have you not read ^lwhat David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him: 4 how he entered the house of God and ate ^mthe bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests? 5 Or have you not read in the Law ⁿhow on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless? 6 I tell you, something greater than the temple is here. 7 And if you had known what this means, ^o‘I desire ^pmercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. 8 For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

9 ^qHe went on from there and entered their synagogue. 10 And a man was there with a withered hand. And they asked him, ^r“Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—so that they might accuse him. 11 He said to them, “Which one of you who ^shas a sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and ^tlift it out? 12 Of ^uhow much more value is a man ^vthan a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” 13 Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And the man stretched it out, and it was restored, healthy like the other.