Matthew 12:1-21

11At that 2time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples became hungry and began to 3pick the heads of grain and eat. 2But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples do what 4is not lawful to do on a Sabbath.” 3But He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he became hungry, he and his companions, 4how he entered the house of God, and 5they ate the 6consecrated bread, which was not lawful for him to eat nor for those with him, but for the priests alone? 5Or have you not read in the Law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple 7break the Sabbath and are innocent? 6But I say to you that something 8greater than the temple is here. 7But if you had known what this 9means, ‘10I desire 11compassion, and not a sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent. 8For 12the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

913Departing from there, He went into their synagogue. 10And a man was there whose hand was withered. And they questioned 14Jesus, asking, “15Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”--so that they might accuse Him. 11And He said to them, “16What man 17is there among you who 18has a sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out? 1219How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! So then, it is lawful to do 20good on the Sabbath.” 13Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand!” 21He stretched it out, and it was restored to 22normal, like the other. 14But the Pharisees went out and 2324conspired against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.

15But Jesus, 25aware of this, withdrew from there. Many followed Him, and 26He healed them all, 16and 27warned them not to 28tell who He was. 17This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet:18“29Behold, My 30Servant whom I 31have chosen; 32My Beloved in whom My soul 33is well-pleased; 34I will put My Spirit upon Him, 35And He shall proclaim 36justice to the 37Gentiles.1938He will not quarrel, nor cry out; Nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets.2039A battered reed He will not break off, And a smoldering wick He will not put out, Until He 40leads 41justice to victory.2142And in His name the 43Gentiles will hope.”