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Once, on a day of worship, Jesus was walking through some grainfields. His disciples were picking the heads of grain, removing the husks, and eating the grain.
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Some of the Pharisees asked, "Why are your disciples doing something that is not right to do on the day of worship?"
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Jesus answered them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his men were hungry?
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Haven't you read how he went into the house of God, ate the bread of the presence, and gave some of it to the men who were with him? He had no right to eat those loaves. Only the priests have that right."
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Then he added, "The Son of Man has authority over the day of worship."
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On another day of worship, Jesus went into a synagogue to teach. A man whose right hand was paralyzed was there.
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The scribes and the Pharisees were watching Jesus closely. They wanted to see whether he would heal the man on the day of worship so that they could find a way to accuse him of doing something wrong.
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But Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he told the man with the paralyzed hand, "Get up, and stand in the center [of the synagogue]!" The man got up and stood there.
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Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you--what is the right thing to do on a day of worship: to do good or evil, to give a person his health or to destroy it?"
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He looked around at all of them and then said to the man, "Hold out your hand." The man did so, and his hand became normal again.
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The scribes and Pharisees were furious and began to discuss with each other what they could do to Jesus.