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?

And Jesus responding spoke to the theologians and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath-day, or not? and they were silent.

Therefore how much more valuable is a man than a sheep? So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.

And He says to them; Is it lawful to do good or to do evil on the Sabbath; to save life, or to kill? And they were silent.

Did not Moses give you the law? and no one of you does the law. Why do you seek to kill me?

And they went into another village.

Ye blind guides, who strain out the gnat, and swallow down the camel.

And He said to them, The Sabbath was made for the sake of man, and not man for the sake of the Sabbath.