Mark 2:23-3:6 ▼

Mark 2

23 And again, while the Lord was walking through the ripe grain on the Sabbath, his disciples, as they advanced, began to separate the ears of grains.

24 But the Pharisees said to him, “Behold, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbaths?”

25 And he said to them: “Have you never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, both he and those who were with him?

26 How he went into the house of God, under the high priest Abiathar, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful to eat, except for the priests, and how he gave it to those who were with him?”

27 And he said to them: “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

28 And so, the Son of man is Lord, even of the Sabbath.”

Mark 3

1 And again, he entered into the synagogue. And there was a man there who had a withered hand.

2 And they observed him, to see if he would cure on the Sabbaths, so that they might accuse him.

3 And he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Stand up in the middle.”

4 And he said to them: “Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbaths, or to do evil, to give health to a life, or to destroy?” But they remained silent.

5 And looking around at them with anger, being very saddened over the blindness of their hearts, he said to the man, “Extend your hand.” And he extended it, and his hand was restored to him.

6 Then the Pharisees, going out, immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him, as to how they might destroy him.