Mat 12:2-13 | ESV | STEP | But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him , Look , your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath .

Matthew 12:2-13

2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, ^a“Look, your disciples are doing ^bwhat is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.” 3 He said to them, ^c“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 ^dthe 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 ^ein the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless? 6 I tell you, ^fsomething greater than the temple is here. 7 And if you had known ^gwhat this means, ^h‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. 8 For ⁱthe Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

A Man with a Withered Hand

9 He went on from there and ^jentered their synagogue. 10 And a man was there with a withered hand. And they asked him, ^k“Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”— ^lso that they might accuse him. 11 He said to them, “Which one of you who has a sheep, ^mif it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out? 12 ⁿOf how much more value is a man than a sheep! So ^oit is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” 13 Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And ^pthe man stretched it out, and it was restored, healthy like the other.