Mark 3:1-6 “And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him. And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth. And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace. And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other. And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.”
When we know that a course of action will please God, we must do it, even if others disapprove and if they are watching our every move, so that they can find fault. Jesus got angry at people who put their own legalism above any compassion for those who suffer. It is okay for us to be angry, too, when people are judgmental and when they pounce on us to criticize us, but we must not carry our anger too far.
The man’s hand is said to have been “withered,” which means that the hand was atrophied from long paralysis. There are no conditions which are too difficult for God’s power to overcome.