And a man[was there] whose handwas withered.And they questionedJesus, asking,"Is it lawfulto healon the Sabbath?"--sothat they might accuseHim.
For a foolspeaksnonsense,And his heartinclinestoward wickedness:To practiceungodlinessand to speakerroragainstthe LORD,To keepthe hungrypersonunsatisfiedAnd to withholddrinkfrom the thirsty.
Transgressingand denyingthe LORD,And turningawayfrom our God,Speakingoppressionand revolt,Conceiving[in] and utteringfrom the heartlyingwords.
Noonesuesrighteouslyand noonepleadshonestly.They trustin confusionand speaklies;They conceivemischiefand bringforthiniquity.
"Woeto the worthlessshepherdWho leavesthe flock!A swordwill be on his armAnd on his righteye!His armwill be totallywitheredAnd his righteyewill be blind."
But when the Phariseessaw[this], they saidto Him, "Look,Your disciplesdowhatis not lawfulto doon a Sabbath."
[Some] Phariseescameto Jesus, testingHim and asking,"Is it lawful[for a man] to divorcehis wifefor anyreasonat all?"
They were watchingHim [to see] ifHe would healhim on the Sabbath,sothat they might accuseHim.
plotting againstHim to catch[Him] in somethingHe might say.
But the synagogue official,indignantbecauseJesushad healedon the Sabbath,[began] sayingto the crowdin response,"There are sixdaysin whichworkshouldbe done;socomeduringthem and get healed,and not on the Sabbathday."
"Is it lawfulfor us to paytaxesto Caesar,ornot?"
and saidto them, "You broughtthismanto me as one who incitesthe peopleto rebellion,and behold,having examinedHim beforeyou, I have foundnoguiltin thismanregarding the chargeswhichyou makeagainstHim.
And they beganto accuseHim, saying,"We foundthis manmisleadingour nationand forbiddingto paytaxesto Caesar,and sayingthat He Himselfis Christ,a King."
Sothe Jewswere sayingto the man who was cured,"It is the Sabbath,and it is not permissiblefor you to carryyour pallet."
In theselaya multitudeof thosewho were sick,blind,lame,and withered,[waitingfor the movingof the waters;
"Ifa manreceivescircumcisionon [the] Sabbathsothat the Lawof Moseswill not be broken,are you angrywith Me becauseI madean entiremanwellon [the] Sabbath?
They were sayingthis,testingHim, sothat they might havegrounds for accusingHim. But Jesusstoopeddownand with His fingerwroteon the ground.
Thereforesomeof the Phariseeswere saying,"Thismanis not from God,becauseHe does not keepthe Sabbath."But otherswere saying,"Howcana manwho is a sinnerperformsuchsigns?"And there was a divisionamongthem.
