"How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days."
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Then said Jesus unto 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?
Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
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.
Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! For this reason it is right to do good on the Sabbath day.
How much better then is a man than a sheep! So that it is lawful to do well on the sabbath.
How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
How much then is a man better than a sheep? wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day."
How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep? -- so that it is lawful on the sabbaths to do good.'