Matthew 12:9-14

9Then Jesus left that place. He went into the Jewish meeting place.

10A man was there. His hand was very small and weak, so he could not use it. Some Pharisees asked Jesus, ‘Is it right to make someone well again on our day of rest?’ They wanted to find a reason to say that Jesus was doing wrong things.

11Jesus said to them, ‘Maybe one of you has a sheep that falls into a deep hole on our day of rest. What will you do? You will take hold of it and you will lift it out of the hole.

12You know that a man is much more valuable than a sheep. So it is right for us to do good things on our day of rest.’

13Then Jesus said to the man with the weak hand, ‘Lift up your hand.’ So the man lifted up his hand and it became well again. It was now as strong as his other hand.

14Then the Pharisees went out from the meeting place. They began to talk to each other about how they could kill Jesus.