| | 7 But if ye had known | | what this meaneth | 27 And | [_see Hos. 6:6_], I | he said unto them, | desire mercy, and | The sabbath was made| not sacrifice, ye | for man, and not man| would not have | 5 And 28 for the sabbath: so | condemned the | he said unto them, that the Son of man | 8 guiltless. For the | The Son of man is is lord even of the | Son of man is lord | lord of the sabbath.[b] | of the sabbath. | sabbath. [Footnote 1: Some ancient authorities read _they did eat_.] [Footnote 2: Gr. _a greater thing_.] [Footnote 3: Gr. _began to make_ their _way plucking_.] [Footnote 4: Some ancient authorities read _in the days of Abiathar the high priest_.] [Footnote 5: Many ancient authorities insert _second-first_.] [Footnote a: Because in Mark 3:7 Jesus withdraws to the Sea of Galilee.] [Footnote b: Note the five arguments made by Jesus in defence of the conduct of the disciples on the Sabbath (the historical appeal in the conduct of David, the appeal to the law about the temple service, the voice of prophecy, the purpose of God in the Sabbath, and the lordship of the Messiah over the Sabbath). Jesus had already (John 5:17) argued that he was equal to the Father and hence had the right to do certain things (acts of mercy) on the Sabbath.] § 51. A THIRD[a] SABBATH CONTROVERSY WITH THE PHARISEES OVER THE HEALING OF A MAN WITH A WITHERED HAND IN A SYNAGOGUE In Galilee