Jesus Heals on the Sabbath

3 Again Jesus went into a synagogue; and a man was there whose hand was ^[a]withered.^{(A) 2} The Pharisees were watching Jesus closely to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him [in the Jewish high court]. ³ He said to the man whose hand was withered, “Get up and come forward!” ⁴ He asked them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save a life or to kill?” But they kept silent. ⁵ After looking around at them with anger, grieved at the hardness and arrogance of their hearts, He told the man, “Hold out your hand.” And he held it out, and his hand was [completely] restored. ⁶ Then the Pharisees went out and immediately began conspiring with the ^[b]Herodians [to plot] against Him, as to how ^[c]they might [fabricate some legal grounds to] put Him to death.

⁶ On another Sabbath He went into the synagogue and taught, and a man was present whose right hand was withered.^{(A) 7} The scribes and the Pharisees were watching Him closely [with malicious intent], to see if He would [actually] heal [someone] on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse Him. ⁸ But He was aware of their thoughts, and He said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and come forward.” So he got up and stood there. ⁹ Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you directly: Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy it?” ¹⁰ After looking around at them all, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand!” And he did, and his hand was [fully] restored. ¹¹ But the scribes and Pharisees were filled with senseless rage [and lacked spiritual insight], and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.