4 He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread – which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests.
5 Or haven’t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are innocent?
6 I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.
7 If you had known what these words mean, “I desire mercy, not sacrifice,” you would not have condemned the innocent.
8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.’
9 Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue,
10 and a man with a shrivelled hand was there. Looking for a reason to bring charges against Jesus, they asked him, ‘Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?’