So the scribes and the Pharisees were watching closely[a] to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, in order that they could find a reason[b] to accuse him. But he knew their thoughts and said to the man who had the withered hand, “Get up and stand in the middle,” and he got up and[c] stood there. And Jesus said to them, “I ask you whether it is permitted on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy it?”[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 6:7 Some manuscripts have “were watching him closely”
  2. Luke 6:7 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Luke 6:8 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“get up”) has been translated as a finite verb
  4. Luke 6:9 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation