And to the people he said: "Is it allowable to do good on the Sabbath--or harm? to save a life, or destroy it?"
"Stand out in the middle," Jesus said to the man with the withered hand;
As they remained silent, Jesus looked round at them in anger, grieving at the hardness of their hearts, and said to the man: "Stretch out your hand." The man stretched it out; and his hand had become sound.
But they were silent; for on the way they had been arguing with one another which was the greatest.
And Jesus said to them: "I ask you, is it allowable to do good on the Sabbath--or harm? to save a life, or let it perish?"