Mark 3:4

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And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

The Sabbath was made for man, said Jesus, and not man for the Sabbath.

I desire loving-kindness (mercy), not sacrifice, and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

There he saw a man who had a withered hand. They asked him if it is lawful to heal on the Sabbath day? They wanted to accuse him.

Jesus said: I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm? Is it lawful to save a life, or to destroy it?

He touched her and at once she stood straight up and praised God.

Shortly after that he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees. They were there to eat on the Sabbath. They watched him.

They said nothing because they had had an argument between themselves about who was the greatest.

The Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.

Jesus healed the blind man on the Sabbath day.