1At that time, Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, but his disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and eat.2But the Pharisees saw this and said to him, "Look, your disciples are doing what is not permitted on the Sabbath."3But he said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those with him?"4how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Shewbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, except for the priests alone?5Or have you not read in the Law that on the Sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?6But I say to you that one greater than the temple is here.7But if you had known what this means: "I desire mercy, not sacrifice," you would not have condemned the innocent.8For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.9And after leaving there, he went into their synagogue.10And there was a man with a withered hand. And they questioned him, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbaths?" so that they might accuse him.11But he said to them, "Who among you is a man who has one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?"12How much, therefore, does a man differ from a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbaths.13Then he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And he stretched it out, and it was restored healthy like the other.14But the Pharisees went out and took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.