Matthew 12:11

World English Bible (2000)

He said to them, "What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won't he grab on to it, and lift it out?

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  • Luke 14:5 : 5 He answered them, "Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn't immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?"
  • Exod 23:4-5 : 4 "If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again. 5 If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, don't leave him, you shall surely help him with it.
  • Deut 22:4 : 4 You shall not see your brother's donkey or his ox fallen down by the way, and hide yourself from them: you shall surely help him to lift them up again.
  • Luke 13:15-17 : 15 Therefore the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Doesn't each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water? 16 Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?" 17 As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed, and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

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  • Matt 12:12-13
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    12Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day."

    13Then he told the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out; and it was restored whole, just like the other.

  • Luke 14:1-5
    5 verses
    88%

    1It happened, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.

    2Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.

    3Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"

    4But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.

    5He answered them, "Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn't immediately pull him out on a 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 guiltless.

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

    9He departed there, and went into their synagogue.

    10And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?" that they might accuse him.

  • Luke 6:5-10
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    5He said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."

    6It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and taught. There was a man there, and his right hand was withered.

    7The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him.

    8But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Rise up, and stand in the middle." He arose and stood.

    9Then Jesus said to them, "I will ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?"

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

  • Luke 13:14-16
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    14The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, "There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!"

    15Therefore the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Doesn't each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water?

    16Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?"

  • Mark 3:1-5
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    1He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had his hand withered.

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

    3He said to the man who had his hand withered, "Stand up."

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

    5When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other.

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

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

    3But he said to them, "Haven't you 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 came to save that which was lost.

    12"What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn't he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?

    13If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.

  • Mark 2:23-25
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    23It happened that he was going on the Sabbath day through the grain fields, and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain.

    24The Pharisees said to him, "Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?"

    25He said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry--he, and those who were with him?

  • Luke 15:3-5
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    76%

    3He told them this parable.

    4"Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn't leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

    5When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

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    1Now it happened on the second Sabbath after the first, that he was going through the grain fields. His disciples plucked the heads of grain, and ate, rubbing them in their hands.

    2But some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?"

  • Luke 13:10
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    10He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day.

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

    28Therefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath."

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

  • John 7:23
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    23If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me, because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?

  • John 5:9-10
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    9Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.

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    12Then they asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your mat, and walk'?"

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    71%

    7But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the field, 'Come immediately and sit down at the table,'

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    1He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.

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    3If anyone asks you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord needs him;' and immediately he will send him back here."