Luke 6:9

then said Jesus to them, I will ask you one question, which is the most allowable on the sabbath-day, to do good, or to neglect it? to save a man's life, or to let him perish?

Luke 14:3

Jesus therefore addressing himself to the doctors of the law, and to the Pharisees, said, is it allowable to perform a cure on the sabbath-day? to which they made no answer.

Matthew 12:12-13

is not a man of much greater consequence than a sheep? how lawful then is it to do good offices on the sabbath-day?

Mark 3:4

and he ask'd them, is it allowed to do good, or to do mischief on the sabbath-days? to save life, or to kill? but they were very silent.

Luke 9:56

for the son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. and they went to another village.

John 7:19-23

was it not Moses who gave you the law, and yet none of you observe that law?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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?

To save

General references

Bible References

Is it

Luke 14:3
Jesus therefore addressing himself to the doctors of the law, and to the Pharisees, said, is it allowable to perform a cure on the sabbath-day? to which they made no answer.
Matthew 12:12
is not a man of much greater consequence than a sheep? how lawful then is it to do good offices on the sabbath-day?
Mark 3:4
and he ask'd them, is it allowed to do good, or to do mischief on the sabbath-days? to save life, or to kill? but they were very silent.
John 7:19
was it not Moses who gave you the law, and yet none of you observe that law?

To save

Luke 9:56
for the son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. and they went to another village.

General references

Matthew 23:24
ye blind guides, who strain your liquor for a gnat, and swallow a beetle.
Mark 2:27
adding this observation, "the sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath."