Matthew 12:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he said to them, What man among you, who has one sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, will not lay hold of it, and lift it out?

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  • Luke 14:5 : 5 And answered them, saying, Which of you, having a donkey or an ox fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the sabbath day?
  • Exod 23:4-5 : 4 If you encounter your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering away, you shall surely return it to him. 5 If you see the donkey of someone who hates you lying under its burden and you would refrain from helping it, you shall surely help him with it.
  • Deut 22:4 : 4 You shall not see your brother's donkey or his ox fall down by the way, and hide yourself from them; you shall surely help him to lift them up again.
  • Luke 13:15-17 : 15 The Lord then answered him, and said, You hypocrite, does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water? 16 And should not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, indeed these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day? 17 And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

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  • Matt 12:12-13
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    12How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep? Therefore, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath days.

    13Then he said to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out, and it was restored as whole as the other.

  • Luke 14:1-5
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    88%

    1And it happened, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

    2And, behold, there was a certain man before him who had dropsy.

    3And Jesus answered, speaking to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

    4And they remained silent. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;

    5And answered them, saying, Which of you, having a donkey or an ox fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the sabbath day?

  • Matt 12:7-10
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    7But if you had known what this means, I desire mercy and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the innocent.

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

    9And when he departed from there, he went into their synagogue:

    10And behold, there was a man who had a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath days? that they might accuse him.

  • Luke 6:5-10
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    5And he said to them, The Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath.

    6And it also happened on another Sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered.

    7And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the Sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.

    8But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he rose and stood forth.

    9Then said Jesus to them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the Sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?

    10And looking around upon them all, he said to the man, Stretch forth your hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

  • Luke 13:14-16
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    14And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, and said to the people, There are six days on which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.

    15The Lord then answered him, and said, You hypocrite, does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water?

    16And should not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, indeed these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?

  • Mark 3:1-5
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    1And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there who had a withered hand.

    2And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.

    3And he said to the man who had the withered hand, Stand forth.

    4And he said to them, Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath days, or to do evil? To save life, or to kill? But they remained silent.

    5And when he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other.

  • Matt 12:1-3
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    1At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the heads of grain and to eat.

    2But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, Look, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day.

    3But he said to them, Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him;

  • Matt 18:11-13
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    11For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.

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    13And if he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine which did not go astray.

  • Mark 2:23-25
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    23And it happened that he went through the grain fields on the Sabbath, and his disciples began to pluck the heads of grain as they went.

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    25And he said to them, Have you never read what David did, when he needed and was hungry, he and those with him?

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    3And he spoke this parable to them, saying,

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    5And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

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    1And it happened on the second Sabbath after the first, that he went through the grain fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of grain, and ate, rubbing them in their hands.

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  • Luke 13:10
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    10And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.

  • Mark 2:27-28
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    27And he said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

    28Therefore, the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath.

  • Matt 12:5
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    5Or have you not read in the law, how on the Sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?

  • John 7:23
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  • John 5:9-10
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    9And immediately the man was made whole, took up his bed, and walked. And on that day was the Sabbath.

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    7But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say to him immediately when he comes in from the field, Go and sit down to eat?

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    1And he began to speak to them in parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a place for the winepress, and built a tower, and leased it to farmers, and went into a far country.

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    3And if anyone says to you, Why are you doing this? say that the Lord needs it; and immediately he will send it here.