Blended Gospels: The Next Sabbath Controversy

On another Sabbath, [Jesus] entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered. And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse him.

But he knew their thoughts, and he said to them, "Which one of you who has a sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out? Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."

Then he said to the man with the withered hand, "Come and stand here." And he rose and stood there.

And Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?" But they were silent.

And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored, healthy like the other.

But they were filled with fury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus. The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.

Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there.

[Blended Gospels: Matthew 12:9-15a, Mark 3:1-6, Luke 6:6-11, ESV]

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