Matthew 12:2-14

2But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”

3He said to them, “Have you not read [in the Scriptures] what David did when he was hungry, he and those who accompanied him—

4how he went into the house of God, and they ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for him to eat nor for those with him, but for the priests only?

5Or have you not read in the Law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break [the sanctity of] the Sabbath and yet are innocent?

6But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.

7And if you had only known what this statement means, ‘I desire compassion [for those in distress], and not [animal] sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

8For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

9Leaving there, He went into their synagogue.

10A man was there whose hand was withered. And they asked Jesus, “Is it lawful and permissible to heal on the Sabbath?”—they asked this so that they might accuse Him and bring charges into court.

11But He said to them, “What man is there among you who, if he has only one sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?

12How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful and permissible to do good on the Sabbath.”

13Then He said to the man, “Reach out your hand!” The man reached out and it was restored, as normal and healthy as the other.

14But the Pharisees went out and conspired against Him, discussing how they could destroy Him.