11 But He said to them, “What man among you, if he had a sheep(a) that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, wouldn’t take hold of it and lift it out?(A) 12 A man is worth far more than a sheep,(B) so it is lawful to do what is good on the Sabbath.”

Footnotes:

a. Matthew 12:11: Or had one sheep

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