Matthew 12:2-14

2But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, Behold, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on the 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 God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them who were with him, but only for the priests? 5Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? 6But I say to you, That in this place is one greater than the temple. 7But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. 8For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath. 9And when he had departed from there, he went into their synagogue: 10And, behold, there was a man who had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath? that they might accuse him. 11And he said to them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it shall fall into a pit on the sabbath, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? 12How much then is a man better than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath days. 13Then saith he to the man, Stretch out thy hand. And he stretched it out; and it was restored as whole, as the other.

14Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.1