Stretch Out Your Hand

Restoration, Calling, and Family · Mark 3

Story guide: Jesus places the man at the center and exposes a Sabbath practice hardened against doing good.

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1And he entered a synagogue again, and a man was there with a withered hand.

2And they were watching him closely to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him.

3And he says to the man with the withered hand, “Rise and come to the middle.”

4And he said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save a life or to kill?” But they were silent.

5And after looking around at them with anger, grieved at the hardness of their hearts, he says to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

6And the Pharisees went out and immediately began plotting with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

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