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 spake to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful on the sabbath to heal or not?"

How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep! Therefore, it is lawful to do well on the sabbath."

And He saith to them, "Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good, or to do harm, to save a life, or to kill?" But they were silent.

Did not Moses give you the law? and not one of you does the law. Why are ye seeking to kill Me?"

And they went on to another village.

Blind guides! straining out the gnat, and swallowing the camel!

And He said to them, "The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath;