⁷ The scribes and the Pharisees watched him closely to see if he would cure on the sabbath so that they might discover a reason to accuse him.^(A)

³ Jesus spoke to the scholars of the law and Pharisees in reply, asking, “Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath or not?”^(A)

⁸ Remember the sabbath day—keep it holy.^{[a] 9} Six days you may labor and do all your work, ¹⁰ but the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God.^(A) You shall not do any work, either you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your work animal, or the resident alien within your gates. ¹¹ For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them; but on the seventh day he rested.^(B) That is why the Lord has blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.^[b]

^12 (A)Observe the sabbath day—keep it holy, as the Lord, your God, commanded you. ¹³ Six days you may labor and do all your work, ¹⁴ but the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God. You shall not do any work, either you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your ox or donkey or any work animal, or the resident alien within your gates, so that your male and female slave may rest as you do. ¹⁵ Remember that you too were once slaves in the land of Egypt, and the Lord, your God, brought you out from there with a strong hand and outstretched arm. That is why the Lord, your God, has commanded you to observe the sabbath day.

¹⁰ And behold, there was a man there who had a withered hand. They questioned him, “Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath?”^[a] so that they might accuse him.

² They watched him closely to see if he would cure him on the sabbath so that they might accuse him. ³ He said to the man with the withered hand, “Come up here before us.” ⁴ Then he said to them, “Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil, to save life rather than to destroy it?” But they remained silent.

¹⁶ Therefore, the Jews began to persecute Jesus because he did this on a sabbath.^(A)

²³ If a man can receive circumcision on a sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a whole person well on a sabbath?^(A)

¹⁴ Now Jesus had made clay^[a] and opened his eyes on a sabbath.^(A)

¹⁶ So some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, because he does not keep the sabbath.” [But] others said, “How can a sinful man do such signs?” And there was a division among them.^(A)