Jesus Heals a Man’s Hand^(A)

⁶ On another Sabbath day Jesus went into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man with a ·crippled [paralyzed; shriveled; ^Twithered] right hand was there. ⁷ The ·teachers of the law [scribes] and the Pharisees were watching closely to see if Jesus would heal on the Sabbath day so they could ·accuse [make a charge against] him. ⁸ But he knew what they were thinking, and he said to the man with the ·crippled [paralyzed; shriveled; ^Twithered] hand, “Stand up here in ·the middle [front] of everyone.” The man got up and stood there. ⁹ Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath day: to do good or to do ·evil [harm], to save a life or to destroy it?” ¹⁰ Jesus looked around at all of them and said to the man, “·Hold [Stretch] out your hand.” The man ·held [stretched] out his hand, and it was ·healed [restored].

¹¹ But the Pharisees and the ·teachers of the law [scribes] were very angry and discussed with each other what they could do to Jesus.

Jesus Heals a Man’s Hand^(A)

⁹ Jesus left there and went into their synagogue, ¹⁰ ·where [^Land look/^Tbehold] there was a man with a ·crippled [paralyzed; deformed; shriveled] hand. They were looking for a reason to ·accuse [bring charges against] Jesus, so they asked him, “Is it ·right [lawful] to ·heal [cure] on the Sabbath day?”

¹¹ Jesus answered, “If any of you has a sheep, and it falls into a ·ditch [pit; hole] on the Sabbath day, ·you will [would you not…?] ·help [^Lgrab it and lift] it out of the ditch. ¹² ·Surely a human being is more important [^LHow much better is a person] than a sheep. So it is ·lawful [permitted] to do ·good things [good] on the Sabbath day.”

¹³ Then Jesus said to the man, “·Hold [Stretch] out your hand.” The man ·held [stretched] out his hand, and it ·became well again [was restored], ·like [^Las healthy as] the other hand. ¹⁴ But the Pharisees left and ·made plans [plotted; conspired] to ·kill [destroy] Jesus.

Jesus Heals a Man’s Hand^(A)

3 Another time when Jesus went into a synagogue, a man with a ·crippled [paralyzed; deformed; shriveled] hand was there. ² ·Some people [^LThey; ^Cprobably the Pharisees; see 2:24, 27] watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal the man on the Sabbath day so they could accuse him.

³ Jesus said to the man with the crippled hand, “Stand up here in ·the middle [front] of everyone.”

⁴ Then Jesus asked ·the people [^Lthem; ^Cprobably the Pharisees], “Which is lawful [^Caccording to the law of Moses] on the Sabbath day: to do good or to do evil, to save a life or to kill?” But they ·said nothing to answer him [remained silent].

⁵ Jesus was angry as he looked at them, and he felt very ·sad [distressed; grieved] because ·they were stubborn [of their hard hearts]. Then he said to the man, “·Hold out [stretch out] your hand.” The man ·held out [stretched out] his hand and it was ·healed [restored]. ⁶ Then the Pharisees left and [immediately] began ·making plans [plotting] with the Herodians [^Ca political group that supported king Herod and his family] about a way to ·kill [destroy] Jesus.