Matthew 12:1–14 · BSB
12:1
At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.
12:2
When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”
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12:3
Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
12:4
He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.
12:5
Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are innocent?
12:6
But I tell you that One greater than the temple is here.
12:7
If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
12:8
For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
12:9
Moving on from there, Jesus entered their synagogue,
12:10
and a man with a withered hand was there. In order to accuse Jesus, they asked Him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
12:11
He replied, “If one of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?
12:12
How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”
12:13
Then Jesus said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored to full use, just like the other.
12:14
But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.
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