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 spake to the expounders of the law and to the pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath-day?

And of how much more worth is a man than a sheep? Sure then it is lawful to do good on the sabbath-days.

then saith He to them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? but they were silent.

Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you observeth the law? wherefore else do ye seek to kill me?

for the Son of man came not to destroy mens lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.

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

And He said moreover unto them, The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath: