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 answering, Jesus spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

How much better is a man then than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

And He said to them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? To save life, or to kill? But they were silent.

Did not Moses give you the Law? And yet not one of you keeps the Law! Why do you seek to kill Me?

For the Son of Man has not come to destroy men's lives, but to save. And they went to another village.

Blind guides who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!

And He said to them, The sabbath came into being for man's sake, and not man for the sabbath's sake.