In Context

5 Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day, the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?

6 But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.

7 But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.

8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.|

9 He departed there, and went into their synagogue.

10 And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, |Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?| that they might accuse him.

Matthew 12:8 in Other Translations