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 said to the Pharisees and the experts in the Law, "Is it right to cure people on the Sabbath or not?"

And how much more a man is worth than a sheep! Therefore, it is right to do people good on the Sabbath."

And he said to them, "Is it allowable to do people good on the Sabbath, or to do them harm? To save life or kill?" But they made no answer.

Was it not Moses who gave you the Law? Yet not one of you obeys the Law. Why are you trying to kill me?"

And they went on to another village.

You blind guides! straining out the gnat, and yet swallowing the camel!

And he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath,