Matthew Chapter 12 Verse 4‹How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?›

‹But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.›

At that time Jesus answered and said, ‹I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.›

‹Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.›

‹All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and› [he] ‹to whomsoever the Son will reveal› [him].

‹Come unto me, all› [ye] ‹that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.›

‹Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.›

‹For my yoke› [is] ‹easy, and my burden is light.›

At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.

But when the Pharisees saw [it], they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.

But he said unto them, ‹Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;›

‹Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?›

‹But I say unto you, That in this place is› [one] ‹greater than the temple.›

‹But if ye had known what› [this] ‹meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.›

‹For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.›

And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:

And, behold, there was a man which had [his] hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.

And he said unto them, ‹What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift› [it] ‹out?›

‹How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.›

Then saith he to the man, ‹Stretch forth thine hand.› And he stretched [it] forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.

Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.

The Book of Matthew, Chapter 12, Verse 4