Then they went to Capernaum. When the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.

They watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they could accuse him.

So the Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?”

Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples began to pick some heads of wheat as they made their way.

Then he said to them, “Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath, or evil, to save a life or destroy it?” But they were silent.