Matthew 12:2-14

2But the Pharisees, seeing [it], said to him, Behold, thy disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on sabbath.

3But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him?

4How he entered into the house of 1God, and ate the shewbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but for the priests only?

5Or have ye not read in the law that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

6But I say unto you, that there is here what is greater than the temple.

7But if ye had known what is: I will have mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

8For the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath.

9And, going away from thence, he came into their synagogue.

10And behold, there was a man having his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath? that they might accuse him.

11But he said to them, What man shall there be of you who has one sheep, and if this fall into a pit on the sabbath, will not lay hold of it and raise [it] up?

12How much better then is a man than a sheep! So that it is lawful to do well on the sabbath.

13Then he says to the man, Stretch out thy hand. And he stretched [it] out, and it was restored sound as the other.

14But the Pharisees, having gone out, took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.