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23 Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath
Jesus happened to be going through the grain fields on a Sabbath. As they made their way, his disciples began picking the heads of grain.
24 The Pharisees asked him, “Look! Why are they doing what is not lawful on Sabbath days?”
25 He asked them,“Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?
26 How was it that he went into the House of God during the lifetime of Abiathar the high priest and ate the Bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat, and gave some of it to his companions?”
27 Then he told them,“The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath.
28 Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
3 1Jesus Heals a Man with a Paralyzed Hand
Jesus went into the synagogue again, and a man with a paralyzed hand was there.
2 The people watched Jesus closely to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, intending to accuse him of doing something wrong.
3 He told the man with the paralyzed hand, “Come forward.”
4 Then he asked them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do evil on Sabbath days, to save a life or to destroy it?” But they remained silent.
5 Jesus looked around at them in anger, deeply hurt because of their hard hearts. Then he told the man,“Hold out your hand.” The man held it out, and his hand was restored to health.
6 Immediately the Pharisees and Herodians went out and began to plot how to kill him.
25 He asked them,
27 Then he told them,
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5 Jesus looked around at them in anger, deeply hurt because of their hard hearts. Then he told the man,