Matthew 12:11

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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?

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  • Luke 14:5 : 5 Then he asked them, 'If one of you has a son or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will you not immediately pull him out?'
  • Exod 23:4-5 : 4 If you come across your enemy's ox or donkey wandering off, you must certainly return it to him. 5 If you see the donkey of someone who hates you collapsing under its load, and you would refrain from helping, you must surely help with it.
  • Deut 22:4 : 4 If you see your brother's donkey or ox fallen on the road, do not ignore it. Help him lift it back up.
  • Luke 13:15-17 : 15 The Lord answered him, 'You hypocrites! Doesn’t each of you untie your ox or donkey from the stall on the Sabbath and lead it out to give it water? 16 Then shouldn’t this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her? 17 When he said this, all his opponents were humiliated, but the whole crowd was delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing.

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  • Matt 12:12-13
    2 verses
    90%

    12How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.'

    13Then He said to the man, 'Stretch out your hand.' So he stretched it out, and it was restored, healthy like the other.

  • Luke 14:1-5
    5 verses
    88%

    1One Sabbath, as Jesus went to eat at the house of a prominent Pharisee, they were carefully watching him.

    2There in front of him was a man suffering from dropsy.

    3Jesus responded to the experts in the law and the Pharisees, asking, 'Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?'

    4But they remained silent. So taking hold of the man, he healed him and sent him away.

    5Then he asked them, 'If one of you has a son or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will you not immediately pull him out?'

  • Matt 12:7-10
    4 verses
    84%

    7If you had known what these words mean, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent.

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

    9Departing from there, He went into their synagogue.

    10And a man with a withered hand was there. They asked Jesus, 'Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?' so that they might accuse Him.

  • Luke 6:5-10
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    80%

    5Then He said to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."

    6On another Sabbath, He went into the synagogue and began teaching, and there was a man whose right hand was withered.

    7The scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath, so they could find an accusation against Him.

    8But Jesus knew their thoughts. He said to the man with the withered hand, "Get up and stand in the middle." So the man got up and stood there.

    9Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save a life or to destroy it?"

    10Looking around at all of them, He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." The man did so, and his hand was restored, as sound as the other.

  • Luke 13:14-16
    3 verses
    79%

    14But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, 'There are six days for work. So come to be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.'

    15The Lord answered him, 'You hypocrites! Doesn’t each of you untie your ox or donkey from the stall on the Sabbath and lead it out to give it water?

    16Then shouldn’t this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?

  • Mark 3:1-5
    5 verses
    78%

    1Then Jesus entered the synagogue again, and there was a man there with a withered hand.

    2They were watching Jesus closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath, so they might accuse Him.

    3Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, "Stand up in the middle."

    4Then He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save a life or to kill?" But they remained silent.

    5Looking around at them with anger and deeply distressed at the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored.

  • Matt 12:1-3
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    1At that time, Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples became hungry and began to pick heads of grain and eat them.

    2But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, 'Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.'

    3He said to them, 'Have you not read what David did when he and those with him were hungry?

  • Matt 18:11-13
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    11For the Son of Man came to save what was lost.

    12What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go to look for the one that wandered away?

    13And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that did not wander away.

  • Mark 2:23-25
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    23One Sabbath, as Jesus was walking through the grainfields, his disciples began to pluck some heads of grain as they went along.

    24The Pharisees said to Jesus, 'Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?

    25Jesus said to them, 'Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?

  • Luke 15:3-5
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    3So He told them this parable, saying:

    4What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it?

    5And when he finds it, he joyfully places it on his shoulders.

  • Luke 6:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1One Sabbath, while Jesus was walking through the grain fields, His disciples began picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.

    2Some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?"

  • Luke 13:10
    75%

    10Now Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.

  • Mark 2:27-28
    2 verses
    73%

    27Then he said to them, 'The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.'

    28'So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.'

  • Matt 12:5
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    5Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath, the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and are innocent?

  • John 7:23
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    23If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses is not broken, why are you angry at Me because I made a man entirely well on the Sabbath?

  • John 5:9-10
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    9Immediately, the man was made well; he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now that day was the Sabbath.

    10So the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, 'It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.'

  • John 5:12
    72%

    12So they asked him, 'Who is the man who told you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk’?'

  • Luke 17:7
    71%

    7Which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

  • Mark 12:1
    70%

    1He began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, built a fence around it, dug a pit for the winepress, and constructed a tower. Then he leased it to farmers and went on a journey.

  • Mark 11:3
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    3'If anyone asks you,