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Galilean Ministry·Recorded in 3 of 4 Gospels

Healing of the Man with a Withered Hand

MatthewMarkLuke

Jesus heals a man's withered hand on the Sabbath in a synagogue, asking whether it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath. The Pharisees begin plotting against him.

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Parallel Accounts

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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Matthew
12:9-14

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Mark
3:1-6

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Luke
6:6-11

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JohnNot recorded in this Gospel

Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain.

Matthew includes a sheep-in-a-pit analogy absent from Mark and Luke. Mark alone records that Jesus looked around "with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart." Mark also names the Pharisees' unlikely allies in the plot: the Herodians.

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Matthew

Adds the argument about rescuing a sheep on the Sabbath to justify the healing.

Mark

Records Jesus's anger and grief, and the Pharisees conspiring with the Herodians.

Luke

Notes that the scribes and Pharisees watched Jesus closely to find a charge against him.

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Connected Content
Location
Galilee
Commentary
Matthew 12
Read in Bible
Matthew 12:9-14
Phase in Jesus's Life
Galilean Ministry

The bulk of Jesus's public work centered in Galilee: calling of the Twelve, the Sermon on the Mount, parables, miracles, and growing opposition.

All pericopes
Gospel Coverage
Matthew
12:9-14
Mark
3:1-6
Luke
6:6-11
John
not recorded