Luke 6:9

Then Jesus said to them, I will ask you a question: Which is lawful on the sabbath, to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill?

And Jesus answered and spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath-day?

How much better, then, is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful to do well on the Sabbath-days.

And he said to them: Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath-day, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they were silent.

And they went to another village.

Did not Moses give you the law? and not one of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?

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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?

And Jesus answered and spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath-day?

How much better, then, is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful to do well on the Sabbath-days.

And he said to them: Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath-day, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they were silent.

Did not Moses give you the law? and not one of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?

And they went to another village.

Blind guides! who strain out a gnat, but swallow a camel.

And he said to them: The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath.