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?

This led Jesus to ask the lawyers and Pharisees, "Is it allowable to cure people on the Sabbath?"

Is not a man, however, far superior to a sheep? Therefore it is right to do good on the Sabbath."

Then He asked them, "Are we allowed to do good on the Sabbath, or to do evil? to save a life, or to destroy one?" They remained silent.

Did not Moses give you the Law? And yet not a man of you obeys the Law. Why do you want to kill me?"

And they went to another village.

You blind guides, straining out the gnat while you gulp down the camel!

And Jesus said to them: "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath;