Matthew 12:9-14

A Man with a Withered Hand

9 He went on from there and ¹entered their synagogue.

10 And a man was there with a withered hand. And they asked him, ²“Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath? ”— ³so that they might accuse him.

11 He said to them, “Which one of you who has a sheep, ⁴if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?

12 ⁵Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So ⁶it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath. ”

13 Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand. ”And ⁷the 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.

Cross References

• 1. 12:9 For ver. 9-14, see Mark 3:1-6; Luke 6:6-11
• 2. 12:10 [Luke 14:3]; See ver. 2
• 3. 12:10 [Luke 11:54; 20:20; John 8:6]
• 4. 12:11 [Ex. 23:4, 5; Deut. 22:4]
• 5. 12:12 ch. 6:26; 10:31
• 6. 12:12 [John 5:16, 17]
• 7. 12:13 [1 Kgs. 13:4]