Matthew 12:3-13

3 But he said to them, " Haven't you read what David did when he and those with him were hungry?

4 He went into God's house and broke the law by eating the bread of the presence, which only the priests were allowed to eat.

5 Or haven't you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple treat the Sabbath as any other day and are still innocent?

6 But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.

7 If you had known what this means, I want mercy and not sacrifice, you wouldn't have condemned the innocent.

8 The Human One is Lord of the Sabbath."

Healing on the Sabbath

9 Jesus left that place and went into their synagogue.

10 A man with a withered hand was there. Wanting to bring charges against Jesus, they asked, "Does the Law allow a person to heal on the Sabbath?"

11 Jesus replied, " Who among you has a sheep that falls into a pit on the Sabbath and will not take hold of it and pull it out?

12 How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! So the Law allows a person to do what is good on the Sabbath."

13 Then Jesus said to the man, " Stretch out your hand." So he did and it was made healthy, just like the other one.