Matthew:12:1-14
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At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the sabbath ;
his disciples were hungry ,
and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat .
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But when the Pharisees saw it ,
they said to him , "
Look ,
your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath ."
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He said to them , "
Have you not read what David did ,
when he was hungry ,
and those who were with him :
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how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence ,
which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him ,
but only for the priests ?
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Or have you not read in the law how on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath ,
and are guiltless ?
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I tell you ,
something greater than the temple is here .
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And if you had known what this means , `
I desire mercy ,
and not sacrifice ,'
you would not have condemned the guiltless .
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For the Son of man is lord of the sabbath ."
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And he went on from there ,
and entered their synagogue .
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And behold ,
there was a man with a withered hand .
And they asked him , "
Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath ?"
so that they might accuse him .
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He said to them , "
What man of you ,
if he has one sheep and it falls into a pit on the sabbath ,
will not lay hold of it and lift it out ?
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Of how much more value is a man than a sheep !
So it is lawful to do good on the sabbath ."
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Then he said to the man , "
Stretch out your hand ."
And the man stretched it out ,
and it was restored ,
whole like the other .
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But the Pharisees went out and took counsel against him ,
how to destroy him .
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