4. how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?
5. Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbaths the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath, and they are without guilt?
6. But I say to you, that something greater than the temple is here.
7. And if you knew what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would never have condemned the innocent.
8. For the Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath."
9. And when he had passed from there, he went into their synagogues.
10. And behold, there was a man who had a withered hand, and they questioned him, so that they might accuse him, saying, "Is it lawful to cure on the Sabbaths?"
11. But he said to them: "Who is there among you, having even one sheep, if it will have fallen into a pit on the Sabbath, would not take hold of it and lift it up?
12. How much better is a man than a sheep? And so, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbaths."
13. Then he said to the man, "Extend your hand." And he extended it, and it was restored to health, just like the other one.
14. Then the Pharisees, departing, took council against him, as to how they might destroy him.
15. But Jesus, knowing this, withdrew from there. And many followed him, and he cured them all.