ማቴዎስ 12:1-14 (አማ 54)
በዚያን ጊዜ ኢየሱስ በሰንበት ቀን በእርሻ መካከል አለፈ፤ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ተራቡና እሸት ይቀጥፉ ይበሉም ጀመር። ፈሪሳውያንም አይተው፦ እነሆ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርትህ በሰንበት ማድረግ ያልተፈቀደውን ያደርጋሉ አሉት። እርሱ ግን እንዲህ አላቸው፦ ዳዊትና ከእርሱ ጋር የነበሩት በተራቡ ጊዜ፥ እርሱ ያደረገውን፥ ወደ እግዚአብሔር ቤት እንደ ገባ ካህናትም ብቻ እንጂ እርሱና ከእርሱ ጋር የነበሩት ሊበሉት ያልተፈቀደውን የመሥዋዕቱን ኅብስት እንደ በላ አላነበባችሁምን? ካህናትም በሰንበት በመቅደስ ሰንበትን እንዲያረክሱ ኃጢአትም እንዳይሆንባቸው በሕጉ አላነበባችሁምን? ነገር ግን እላችኋለሁ፥ ከመቅደስ የሚበልጥ ከዚህ አለ። ምሕረትን እወዳለሁ መሥዋዕትንም አይደለም ያለው ምን እንደሆነ ብታውቁስ ኃጢአት የሌለባቸውን ባልኵኦነናችሁም ነበር። የሰው ልጅ የሰንበት ጌታ ነውና። ከዚያም አልፎ ወደ ምኩራባቸው ገባ። እነሆም፥ እጁ የሰለለች ሰው ነበረ፤ ይከሱትም ዘንድ፦ በሰንበት መፈወስ ተፈቅዶአልን? ብለው ጠየቁት። እርሱ ግን፦ ከእናንተ አንድ በግ ያለው በሰንበት በጉድጓድ ቢወድቅበት፥ ይዞ የማያወጣው ሰው ማን ነው? እንግዲህ ሰው ከበግ ይልቅ እንደምን አይበልጥም! ስለዚህ በሰንበት መልካም መሥራት ተፈቅዶአል አላቸው። ከዚያም በኋላ ሰውየውን፦ እጅህን ዘርጋ አለው። ዘረጋትም፥ እንደ ሁለተኛይቱም ደህና ሆነች። ፈሪሳውያን ግን ወጥተው እንዴት አድርገው እንዲያጠፉት ተማከሩበት።
Matthew 12:1-14 (ESV)
At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.” He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him: how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests? Or have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless? I tell you, something greater than the temple is here. And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.” He went on from there and entered their synagogue. And a man was there with a withered hand. And they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—so that they might accuse him. He said to them, “Which one of you who has a sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out? Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And the man stretched it out, and it was restored, healthy like the other. But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him.
