- Matthew 1
- Matthew 2
- Matthew 3
- Matthew 4
- Matthew 5:1-26
- Matthew 5:27-48
- Matthew 6:1-18
- Matthew 6:19-34
- Matthew 7
- Matthew 8:1-17
- Matthew 8:18-34
- Matthew 9:1-17
- Matthew 9:18-38
- Matthew 10:1-25
- Matthew 10:26-11:1
- Matthew 11:2-30
- Matthew 12:1-21
- Matthew 12:22-50
- Matthew 13:1-32
- Matthew 13:33-58
- Matthew 14:1-21
- Matthew 14:22-36
- Matthew 15:1-20
- Matthew 15:21-39
- Matthew 16
- Matthew 17
- Matthew 18:1-14
- Matthew 18:15-35
- Matthew 19
- Matthew 20:1-16
- Matthew 20:17-34
- Matthew 21:1-22
- Matthew 21:23-46
- Matthew 22:1-22
- Matthew 22:23-46
- Matthew 23:1-22
- Matthew 23:23-39
- Matthew 24:1-28
- Matthew 24:29-51
- Matthew 25:1-30
- Matthew 25:31-46
- Matthew 26:1-46
- Matthew 26:47-75
- Matthew 27:1-31
- Matthew 27:32-66
- Matthew 28
- Mark 1:1-20
- Mark 1:21-45
- Mark 2
- Mark 3:1-19
- Mark 3:20-35
- Mark 4:1-20
- Mark 4:21-41
- Mark 5:1-20
- Mark 5:21-43
- Mark 6:1-29
- Mark 6:30-56
- Mark 7:1-23
- Mark 7:24-37
- Mark 8:1-21
- Mark 8:22-9:1
- Mark 9:2-29
- Mark 9:30-50
- Mark 10:1-31
- Mark 10:32-52
- Mark 11:1-14
- Mark 11:15-33
- Mark 12:1-27
- Mark 12:28-44
- Mark 13:1-23
- Mark 13:24-37
- Mark 14:1-31
- Mark 14:32-72
- Mark 15:1-20
- Mark 15:21-47
- Mark 16
- Luke 1:1-38
- Luke 1:39-80
- Luke 2:1-24
- Luke 2:25-52
- Luke 3:1-22
- Luke 3:23-38
- Luke 4:1-30
- Luke 4:31-44
- Luke 5:1-16
- Luke 5:17-39
- Luke 6:1-16
- Luke 6:17-49
- Luke 7:1-35
- Luke 7:36-50
- Luke 8:1-25
- Luke 8:26-56
- Luke 9:1-27
- Luke 9:28-62
- Luke 10:1-24
- Luke 10:25-42
- Luke 11:1-28
- Luke 11:29-54
- Luke 12:1-34
- Luke 12:35-59
- Luke 13:1-17
- Luke 13:18-35
- Luke 14:1-14
- Luke 14:15-35
- Luke 15:1-10
- Luke 15:11-32
- Luke 16
- Luke 17:1-19
- Luke 17:20-37
- Luke 18:1-17
- Luke 18:18-43
- Luke 19:1-27
- Luke 19:28-48
- Luke 20:1-19
- Luke 20:20-47
- Luke 21:1-19
- Luke 21:20-38
- Luke 22:1-38
- Luke 22:39-71
- Luke 23:1-25
- Luke 23:26-56
- Luke 24:1-35
- Luke 24:36-53
- John 1:1-28
- John 1:29-51
- John 2
- John 3:1-21
- John 3:22-36
- John 4:1-38
- John 4:39-54
- John 5:1-15
- John 5:16-47
- John 6:1-24
- John 6:25-71
- John 7:1-24
- John 7:25-52
- John 7:53-8:11
- John 8:12-59
- John 9:1-17
- John 9:18-41
- John 10:1-21
- John 10:22-42
- John 11:1-44
- John 11:45-57
- John 12:1-19
- John 12:20-50
- John 13:1-17
- John 13:18-38
- John 14
- John 15
- John 16:1-15
- John 16:16-33
- John 17
- John 18:1-18
- John 18:19-40
- John 19:1-16
- John 19:16-42
- John 20
- John 21
- Acts 1
- Acts 2:1-28
- Acts 2:29-47
- Acts 3
- Acts 4:1-22
- Acts 4:23-37
- Acts 5:1-16
- Acts 5:17-42
- Acts 6
- Acts 7:1-29
- Acts 7:30-8:1
- Acts 8:1-25
- Acts 8:26-40
- Acts 9:1-22
- Acts 9:23-43
- Acts 10:1-33
- Acts 10:34-48
- Acts 11
- Acts 12
- Acts 13:1-25
- Acts 13:26-52
- Acts 14
- Acts 15:1-21
- Acts 15:22-41
- Acts 16:1-15
- Acts 16:16-40
- Acts 17:1-15
- Acts 17:16-34
- Acts 18
- Acts 19:1-20
- Acts 19:21-41
- Acts 20:1-12
- Acts 20:13-38
- Acts 21:1-14
- Acts 21:15-40
- Acts 22:1-29
- Acts 22:30-23:11
- Acts 23:12-35
- Acts 24
- Acts 25
- Acts 26:1-18
- Acts 26:19-32
- Acts 27:1-26
- Acts 27:27-44
- Acts 28:1-16
- Acts 28:17-31
- Romans 1:1-17
- Romans 1:18-32
- Romans 2
- Romans 3:1-20
- Romans 3:21-31
- Romans 4
- Romans 5
- Romans 6
- Romans 7
- Romans 8:1-17
- Romans 8:18-39
- Romans 9:1-15
- Romans 9:16-33
- Romans 10
- Romans 11:1-24
- Romans 11:25-36
- Romans 12
- Romans 13
- Romans 14
- Romans 15
- Romans 16
- 1 Corinthians 1:1-17
- 1 Corinthians 1:18-31
- 1 Corinthians 2
- 1 Corinthians 3
- 1 Corinthians 4
- 1 Corinthians 5
- 1 Corinthians 6
- 1 Corinthians 7:1-16
- 1 Corinthians 7:17-40
- 1 Corinthians 8
- 1 Corinthians 9
- 1 Corinthians 10:1-13
- 1 Corinthians 10:14-11:1
- 1 Corinthians 11:2-16
- 1 Corinthians 11:17-34
- 1 Corinthians 12
- 1 Corinthians 13
- 1 Corinthians 14:1-25
- 1 Corinthians 14:26-40
- 1 Corinthians 15:1-11
- 1 Corinthians 15:12-34
- 1 Corinthians 15:35-58
- 1 Corinthians 16
- 2 Corinthians 1:1-22
- 2 Corinthians 1:23-2:17
- 2 Corinthians 3
- 2 Corinthians 4
- 2 Corinthians 5
- 2 Corinthians 6
- 2 Corinthians 7
- 2 Corinthians 8
- 2 Corinthians 9
- 2 Corinthians 10
- 2 Corinthians 11:1-15
- 2 Corinthians 11:16-33
- 2 Corinthians 12
- 2 Corinthians 13
- Galatians 1
- Galatians 2
- Galatians 3
- Galatians 4
- Galatians 5
- Galatians 6
- Ephesians 1
- Ephesians 2
- Ephesians 3
- Ephesians 4:1-16
- Ephesians 4:17-32
- Ephesians 5:1-14
- Ephesians 5:15-33
- Ephesians 6
- Philippians 1
- Philippians 2
- Philippians 3
- Philippians 4
- Colossians 1
- Colossians 2
- Colossians 3:1-4:1
- Colossians 4:2-18
- 1 Thessalonians 1
- 1 Thessalonians 2
- 1 Thessalonians 3
- 1 Thessalonians 4
- 1 Thessalonians 5
- 2 Thessalonians 1
- 2 Thessalonians 2
- 2 Thessalonians 3
- 1 Timothy 1
- 1 Timothy 2
- 1 Timothy 3
- 1 Timothy 4
- 1 Timothy 5
- 1 Timothy 6
- 2 Timothy 1
- 2 Timothy 2
- 2 Timothy 3
- 2 Timothy 4
- Titus 1
- Titus 2
- Titus 3
- Philemon 1
- Hebrews 1
- Hebrews 2
- Hebrews 3
- Hebrews 4
- Hebrews 5
- Hebrews 6
- Hebrews 7
- Hebrews 8
- Hebrews 9
- Hebrews 10:1-18
- Hebrews 10:19-39
- Hebrews 11:1-22
- Hebrews 11:23-40
- Hebrews 12
- Hebrews 13
- James 1
- James 2
- James 3
- James 4
- James 5
- 1 Peter 1
- 1 Peter 2
- 1 Peter 3
- 1 Peter 4
- 1 Peter 5
- 2 Peter 1
- 2 Peter 2
- 2 Peter 3
- 1 John 1:1-2:2
- 1 John 2:3-27
- 1 John 2:28-3:24
- 1 John 4:1-5:4a
- 1 John 5:4b-21
- 2 John 1
- 3 John 1
- Jude 1
- Revelation 1
- Revelation 2
- Revelation 3
- Revelation 4
- Revelation 5
- Revelation 6
- Revelation 7
- Revelation 8
- Revelation 9
- Revelation 10
- Revelation 11
- Revelation 12
- Revelation 13
- Revelation 14
- Revelation 15
- Revelation 16
- Revelation 17
- Revelation 18
- Revelation 19
- Revelation 20
- Revelation 21
- Revelation 22
Lord of the Sabbath
1 At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on a Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pick heads of wheat and eat them. 2 But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath.” 3 He said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry – 4 how he entered the house of God and they ate the sacred bread, which was against the law for him or his companions to eat, but only for the priests? 5 Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty? 6 I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. 7 If you had known what this means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent. 8 For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”
9 Then Jesus left that place and entered their synagogue. 10 A man was there who had a withered hand. And they asked Jesus, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” so that they could accuse him. 11 He said to them, “Would not any one of you, if he had one sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, take hold of it and lift it out? 12 How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” 13 Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out and it was restored, as healthy as the other. 14 But the Pharisees went out and plotted against him, as to how they could assassinate him.
God’s Special Servant
15 Now when Jesus learned of this, he went away from there. Great crowds followed him, and he healed them all. 16 But he sternly warned them not to make him known. 17 This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:
18 “Here is my servant whom I have chosen,
the one I love, in whom I take great delight.
I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
19 He will not quarrel or cry out,
nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets.
20 He will not break a bruised reed or extinguish a smoldering wick,
until he brings justice to victory.
21 And in his name the Gentiles will hope.”