1It happened on a Sabbath that he passed through the grainfields, and his disciples plucked heads of grain and ate them while rubbing them with their hands.2Then some of the Pharisees said, "Why are you doing what is not permitted on the Sabbaths?"3Jesus answered them and said, "Have you not read even this, what David did when he and those with him were hungry?"4He entered the house of God, took the bread of the purpose, ate it, and gave it to those with him—something not permitted except for the priests alone.5He said to them, "The Lord of the Sabbath is the Son of Man."6On another Sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught. A man was there whose right hand was withered.7The scribes and the Pharisees watched to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse him.8He knew their reasonings and said to the man who had the withered hand, "Rise and stand in the middle." The man rose and stood.9Jesus said to them, "I ask you whether it is permitted on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy it."10After looking around at them all, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He did so, and his hand was restored.11They were filled with folly and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.