^{9 Ref} And having departed thence, he went to their synagogue,

^{10 Ref} and lo, there was a man having the hand withered, and they questioned him, saying, `Is it lawful to heal on the sabbaths?' that they might accuse him.

^{11 Ref} And he said to them, `What man shall be of you, who shall have one sheep, and if this may fall on the sabbaths into a ditch, will not lay hold on it and raise `it'?

^{12 Ref} How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep? -- so that it is lawful on the sabbaths to do good.'

^{13 Ref} Then saith he to the man, `Stretch forth thy hand,' and he stretched `it' forth, and it was restored whole as the other.

^{14 Ref} And the Pharisees having gone forth, held a consultation against him, how they might destroy him,