not lay hold of it and lift it out? How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbaths!" Then he said to the man: "Stretch out your hand." And he stretched it out, and it was restored as whole as the other.

Then the Pharisees went out and plotted against Him, how they might destroy Him. But when Jesus knew it, He withdrew from there. And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all. Yet He warned them that they should not make Him known, so that what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, saying:

Behold My Servant whom I have chosen, My Beloved in whom My soul is well pleased! I will put My Spirit upon Him, and He will declare justice to the Gentiles...

And like it in the third chapter of the Gospel of Mark is his saying: He entered again into the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand. So they watched Him closely, whether He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him.