Matthew 12:3-13

3 He said to them, ¹"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 ²the 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 ³in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?

6 I tell you, ⁴something greater than the temple is here.

7 And if you had known ⁵what this means, ⁶'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.

8 For ⁷the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."

A Man with a Withered Hand

9 He went on from there and ⁸entered their synagogue.

10 And a man was there with a withered hand. And they asked him, ⁹"Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"--¹⁰so that they might accuse him.

11 He said to them, "Which one of you who has a sheep, ¹¹if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?

12 ¹²Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So ¹³it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."

13 Then he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And ¹⁴the man stretched it out, and it was restored, healthy like the other.