Mark 2:23-3:6

New American Standard Bible 1995

Question of the Sabbath

^23 (A)And it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while ^(B)picking the heads of grain. ²⁴ The Pharisees were saying to Him, “Look, ^(C)why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?” ²⁵ And He *said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions became hungry; ²⁶ how he entered the house of God in the time of ^(D)Abiathar the high priest, and ate the ^[a]consecrated bread, which ^(E)is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?” ²⁷ Jesus said to them, “^(F)The Sabbath ^[b]was made ^[c]for man, and ^(G)not man ^[d]for the Sabbath. ²⁸ So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

Jesus Heals on the Sabbath

3 ^(H)He ^(I)entered again into a synagogue; and a man was there whose hand was withered. ^2 (J)They were watching Him to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath, ^(K)so that they might accuse Him. ³ He *said to the man with the withered hand, “^[e]Get up and come forward!” ⁴ And He *said to them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to kill?” But they kept silent. ⁵ After ^(L)looking around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, He *said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored. ⁶ The Pharisees went out and immediately began ^[f]conspiring with the ^(M)Herodians against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.