Matthew 12:2-14

2But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath.”

3He said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry –

4how he entered the house of God and they ate the sacred bread, which was against the law for him or his companions to eat, but only for the priests?

5Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?

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

7If you had known what this means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

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

9Then Jesus left that place and entered their synagogue.

10A man was there who had a withered hand. And they asked Jesus, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” so that they could accuse him.

11He said to them, “Would not any one of you, if he had one sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, take hold of it and lift it out?

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

13Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out and it was restored, as healthy as the other.

14But the Pharisees went out and plotted against him, as to how they could assassinate him.