Jesus Heals on the Sabbath

In the synagogue, Jesus faces scrutiny over whether he will heal on the Sabbath. He places the man with the withered hand before everyone, asks what the Sabbath allows, and restores the hand after looking on the crowd with anger and grief over hard hearts.

O¹nce again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered hand was there. ²In order to accuse Jesus, they were watching to see if He would heal on the Sabbath. ³Then Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, “Stand up among us.” ⁴And He asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” ⁵Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.

The Pharisees leave and begin plotting with the Herodians to kill Jesus.

⁶At this, the Pharisees went out and began plotting with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.