22. No one pours new wine into old skins: otherwise the new wine will burst the skins, and the wine will leak out, and the skins will be lost; but new wine must be poured into new skins.

23. And it happened that on the Sabbath he was passing through the sown fields, and his disciples began to pluck the ears of grain along the way.

24. And the Pharisees said to him, "See what they are doing on the Sabbath that they are not supposed to do?

25. He said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need, and he was hungry and those who were with him?"

26. How did he enter into the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and eat the showbread, which was not to be eaten by anyone except the priests, and gave it also to those who were with him?

27. And he said to them, "The Sabbath is made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;

28. therefore the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.

Chapter 3.

1. And he came again to the synagogue; There was a man who had a withered hand.

2. And they watched him to see if he would heal him on the sabbath to accuse him.

3. And he said to the man who had a withered hand, "Stand in the middle."

4. And he said to them, "Should we do good or evil on the Sabbath?" To save the soul, or to destroy it? But they were silent.

5. And looking at them with anger, grieving over the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand became as healthy as the other.

6. The Pharisees went out and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.