Matthew 12:9-14 - A Man With A Withered Hand Healed

⁹ As he passed along he went into their synagogue, and there he saw a man with a withered hand. ¹⁰ And in order to get a charge against him they asked him, "Is it permitted to heal on the Sabbath?" (So that they might have something to accuse him.)

¹¹ "Is there a man of you," he replied, "who has but a single sheep, who will not lay hold of it and lift it out, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath Day? ¹² "And how much more is a man worth than a sheep? Therefore it is right to do good on the Sabbath."

¹³ Then he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." ¹⁴ The man stretched it out, and it had become sound like the other. But when the Pharisees came out, they consulted together how they might destroy him.

¹ Again he went into a synagogue where there was a man with his hand withered. ² And they kept watching Jesus to see whether he would cure him on the Sabbath; so as to have some charge to bring against him. ³ "Stand up," Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, "and come forward." ⁴ Then he asked them. "Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath Day, or to do harm? to save a life, or to destroy it?" ⁵ They were silent. Then looking around upon them with anger, and deeply grieved by the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand!" He stretched it out, and the hand was at once completely restored. ⁶ As soon as they came out, the Pharisees plotted against him with the Herodians, in order to destroy him.

⁶ On another Sabbath he went into a synagogue and was teaching; and there was there a man whose right hand was withered. ⁷ Now the Scribes and Pharisees kept watching to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might be able to bring on accusations to him. ⁸ He was all along aware of their thoughts; and he said to the man with the withered hand, "Rise, and stand there in the midst." ⁹ So he rose and stood. Then Jesus said to them. "I ask you whether it is lawful on the Sabbath Day to do good or to do harm? To save a life or to destroy it?" ¹⁰ Then he looked round about on them in anger, and said to him, "Stretch out your hand!" ¹¹ He did so; and his hand was restored. But they were filled with fury, and they began to talk over together what they could do to Jesus.