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Or have you not read in the Law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple ^[c]break the Sabbath and are innocent?

But I say to you that something ^(e)greater than the temple is here.

But if you had known what this ^[d]means, ‘^(f)I desire ^[e] compassion, and not a sacrifice ,' you would not have condemned the innocent.

For ^(g)the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."

^(h)Departing from there, He went into their synagogue.

And a man was there whose hand was withered. And they questioned ^[f]Jesus, asking, "⁽ⁱ⁾Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"—so that they might accuse Him.

And He said to them, "^(j)What man ^[g]is there among you who ^[h]has a sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?

^(k)How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! So then, it is lawful to do ^[i]good on the Sabbath."

Then He *said to the man, "Stretch out your hand!" ^(l)He stretched it out, and it was restored to ^[j]normal, like the other.

But the Pharisees went out and ^[k](m)conspired against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.

But Jesus, ^[l]aware of this, withdrew from there. Many followed Him, and ⁽ⁿ⁾He healed them all,

and ^(o)warned them not to ^[m]tell who He was.

This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet:

"^(p) Behold, My ^[n] Servant whom I ^[o] have chosen ; ^(q) My Beloved in whom My soul ^[p]is well-pleased ; ^(r)I will put My Spirit upon Him , ^(s) And He shall proclaim ^[q] justice to the ^[r] Gentiles .

"^(t) He will not quarrel, nor cry out ; Nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets .

"^(u)A battered reed He will not break off , And a smoldering wick He will not put out , Until He ^[s] leads ^[t] justice to victory .

"^(v) And in His name the ^[u] Gentiles will hope ."