Chapter 12

1 At that time Jesus was passing through the sown fields on the Sabbath; and his disciples hungered, and began to pluck the ears of corn and eat.

2 And when the Pharisees saw this, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples are doing what they ought not to do on the sabbath.

3 And he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he hungered, and those who were with him?

4 How did he enter into the house of God, and eat the showbread, which he was not to eat, nor to those who were with him, but only to the priests?

5 Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath, but are innocent?

6 But I say to you, that here is He who is greater than the temple;

7 If you had known what it means, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the innocent,

8 For the Son of Man is Lord even of the sabbath.

9 And having departed from thence, he entered into their synagogue.

E-10 And behold, there was a man with a withered hand. And they asked Jesus, to accuse him, Is it permissible to heal on the Sabbath?

11 And he said unto them, 'Which of you, having one sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, shall not take it and pull it out?'

12 How much better is a man than a sheep! Thus, it is possible to do good on Saturdays.

13 Then saith unto the man, Stretch out thy hand. And he stretched it out, and she was as well as the other.

14 And the Pharisees went out, and took counsel against him, that they might destroy him. But when Jesus found out, he departed from there.

15 And a great multitude followed him, and he healed them all

16 and forbade them to declare him,

17 That it may be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying,

18 Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved, to whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my spirit upon him, and he will proclaim judgment to the nations;

19 He will not rebuke, nor will he cry out, and no one will hear His voice in the streets.

20 He shall not break a bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax, until he shall bring victory to the judgment.