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 addressing himself to the teachers of the law and the Pharisees, spake, saying, Is it lawful to perform cures on the sabbath?

Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath days.

And he saith to them, Is it lawful on the sabbath day to do good, or to do evil, to preserve life, or to kill? but they were silent.

Hath not Moses given you the law, yet none of you practises the law? Why do ye seek to kill me?

for the Son of man came not to destroy men's lives, but to preserve them. And he proceeded to another village.

Ye blind guides! who strain out a gnat, but gulp down a camel.

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