Luke 6:1-11

Goodspeed(i) 1 One Sabbath he happened to be passing through the wheat fields, and his disciples were picking the heads of wheat, and eating them, rubbing them in their hands. 2 And some of the Pharisees said, "Why do you do what it is against the Law to do on the Sabbath?" 3 Jesus answered, "Have you not read even what David did, when he and his companions were hungry? 4 How he went into the house of God and took the Presentation Loaves, which it was against the Law for anyone but the priests to eat, and ate them with his companions?" 5 And he said to them, "The Son of Man is master of the Sabbath." 6 On another Sabbath he happened to go to the synagogue and teach. There was a man there whose right hand was withered. 7 And the scribes and the Pharisees were on the watch to see whether he would cure people on the Sabbath, in order to find a charge to bring against him. 8 But he knew what they were thinking, and he said to the man with the withered hand, "Get up and stand in front." And he got up and stood there. 9 Jesus said to them, "I want to ask you, Is it allowable on the Sabbath to do people good or to do them harm? to save life or to destroy it?" 10 And he looked around at them all and said to the man, "Hold out your hand!" And he did so, and his hand was restored. 11 But they were perfectly furious, and discussed with one another what they could do to Jesus.