Then they went into Capernaum, and right away He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to teach.

On the Sabbath He was going through the grainfields, and His disciples began to make their way picking some heads of grain.

The Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

Then He told them, “The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath.

Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

In order to accuse Him, they were watching Him closely to see whether He would heal him on the Sabbath.

Then He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do what is good or to do what is evil, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent.

When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were astonished. “Where did this man get these things?” they said. “What is this wisdom given to Him, and how are these miracles performed by His hands?

When it was already evening, because it was preparation day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),

When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so they could go and anoint Him.