MLV(i)
1 Jesus traveled on the Sabbath day through the grain-fields at that time, and his disciples were hungry and began to pluck the tops and to eat them.
2 But the Pharisees, having seen it, said to him, Behold, your disciples are doing what is not legal to practice upon the Sabbath.
3 But he said to them, Have you not read what David did, when he himself was hungry and those with him; 4 how he entered into the house of God and ate the showbread, which was not legal for him to eat, nor those with him, unlawful except for the priests only? 5 Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and yet are crimeless? 6 But I saying to you, that a greater thing than the temple is here. 7 But if you had known what is meant by this, ‘I will to have mercy and not sacrifice,’ You would not have sentenced the crimeless. 8 For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.
9 And having proceeded from there, he went into their synagogue. 10 And behold, there was a man who had a dried up hand. And they asked him, in order that they might accuse him, saying, Is it legal to heal on the Sabbath day?
11 But he said to them, What man shall there be out of you, who shall have one sheep and if this one falls into a ditch on the Sabbath day, shall he not take-hold of it and lift it up? 12 Therefore how much more-value does a man carry than a sheep? So-then is it legal to do good on the Sabbath day?
13 Then he says to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out, and it was restored as healthy as the other. 14 But the Pharisees having gone out, took counsel against him, that they should destroy him.
3 But he said to them, Have you not read what David did, when he himself was hungry and those with him; 4 how he entered into the house of God and ate the showbread, which was not legal for him to eat, nor those with him, unlawful except for the priests only? 5 Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and yet are crimeless? 6 But I saying to you, that a greater thing than the temple is here. 7 But if you had known what is meant by this, ‘I will to have mercy and not sacrifice,’ You would not have sentenced the crimeless. 8 For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.
9 And having proceeded from there, he went into their synagogue. 10 And behold, there was a man who had a dried up hand. And they asked him, in order that they might accuse him, saying, Is it legal to heal on the Sabbath day?
11 But he said to them, What man shall there be out of you, who shall have one sheep and if this one falls into a ditch on the Sabbath day, shall he not take-hold of it and lift it up? 12 Therefore how much more-value does a man carry than a sheep? So-then is it legal to do good on the Sabbath day?
13 Then he says to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out, and it was restored as healthy as the other. 14 But the Pharisees having gone out, took counsel against him, that they should destroy him.