Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath
Matthew 12:1-14
At that
time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were
hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. 2 But when the
Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not
lawful to do on the Sabbath.” 3 He said to them, “Have you not read what David
did when he was hungry, and those who were with him: 4 how he entered the house
of God and ate the 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 how 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, ‘I desire mercy, and not
sacrifice,’ you would not have
condemned
the guiltless. 8 For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”
A Man with a Withered Hand
9 He went on from there and entered their synagogue. 10 And
a man was there with a withered hand. And they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal
on the Sabbath?”—so that they might accuse him. 11 He said to them, “Which one
of you who has a sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take
hold of it and lift it out? 12 Of how much more value is a man than 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. 14 But the Pharisees went out and conspired against
him, how to destroy him.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version.
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