And it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while picking the heads of grain.The Pharisees were saying to Him, "Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?"
And He said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions became hungry; how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?"
Jesus said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."
He entered again into a synagogue; and a man was there whose hand was withered. They were watching Him to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him.
He said to the man with the withered hand, "Get up and come forward!"
And He said to them, "Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to kill?" But they kept silent.
After looking around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
The Sabbath was a special day God gave his people to rest and to not work, but it had been perverted by the religious authority of the time and became an oppressive system over people where they were not allowed to do anything on the Sabbath.
Jesus used this time period to establish that He is above those rules. That it is good to always help other people, no matter what day of the week it is.
Jesus is the great helper, the great healer, so I wan't you to know that no matter what time it is, what day it is, what system of rules you find yourself under, Jesus is here to rescue you from your issues and problems.
Just turn to Him, ask Him for forgiveness and ask Him to rescue you and He will do so.
It's promised to us, "that all who call upon the name of the Lord will be saved."
