² When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “See, your disciples are doing what is not lawful^(A) to do on the Sabbath.”

⁴ Then he said to them, “Is it lawful^(A) to do good^(B) on the Sabbath or to do evil,^(C) to save life^(D) or to kill?”^(E) But they were silent.^(F)

² But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?” ^(A)

⁹ Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you: Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”^(A)

¹⁴ But the leader of the synagogue, indignant^(A) because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, responded by telling the crowd, “There are six days when work should be done;^(B) therefore come on those days and be healed and not on the Sabbath day.”