Luke 6:9

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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?

He answered the experts in the law and the Pharisees by asking, "Is it right to cure people on the Sabbath or not?"

And how much more a man is worth than a sheep! So it is right to do good on the sabbath."

Then He asked them, "Is it right to do people good on the Sabbath, or to do them evil, to save life or to take it?" But they had nothing to say.

Did not Moses give you the law? And yet not one of you is keeping that law. If so, why are you trying to kill me?"

Then they went on to a different village.

You blind leaders, who are straining out the gnat but gulping down the camel!

Then He said to them, "The Sabbath was made to serve man and not man to keep the Sabbath.