Parallel Verses
Common New Testament
Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
How much more is a human being worth than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on Sabbath days."
A Conservative Version
How much therefore a man is superior to a sheep. So then it is permitted to do good on the Sabbath.
American Standard Version
How much then is a man of more value than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep? Therefore, it is permissible by the law of Moses to do what is good on a Sabbath day."
Anderson New Testament
How much better, then, is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful to do well on the Sabbath-days.
Bible in Basic English
Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! For this reason it is right to do good on the Sabbath day.
Daniel Mace New Testament
is not a man of much greater consequence than a sheep? how lawful then is it to do good offices on the sabbath-day?
Darby Translation
How much better then is a man than a sheep! So that it is lawful to do well on the sabbath.
Godbey New Testament
Therefore how much more valuable is a man than a sheep? So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.
Goodspeed New Testament
And how much more a man is worth than a sheep! Therefore, it is right to do people good on the Sabbath."
John Wesley New Testament
How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath-day.
Julia Smith Translation
How much then does a man surpass a sheep? So that it is lawful to do well in the sabbaths.
King James 2000
How much then is a man better than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then to what degree [is] a man worth more than a sheep? So then, it is permitted to do good on the Sabbath."
Modern King James verseion
How much better is a man then than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And how much is a man better then a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do a good deed on the Sabbath day."
Moffatt New Testament
And how much more is a man worth than a sheep? Thus it is right to do a kindness on the sabbath."
Montgomery New Testament
"And how much more is a man worth than a sheep? Therefore it is right to do good on the Sabbath."
NET Bible
How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."
New Heart English Bible
Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep. Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."
Noyes New Testament
Of how much more worth now is a man than a sheep! So then it is lawful to do well on the sabbath.
Sawyer New Testament
How much then is a man better than a sheep! So that it is lawful to do good on the sabbath.
The Emphasized Bible
How much better, then, a man, than, a sheep? So that it is allowable, on the sabbath, nobly, to act.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath days.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And how much more precious a man is than a sheep! Therefore it is allowable to do good on the Sabbath."
Webster
How much then is a man better than a sheep? wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
Weymouth New Testament
Is not a man, however, far superior to a sheep? Therefore it is right to do good on the Sabbath."
Williams New Testament
And how much more a man is worth than a sheep! So it is right to do good on the sabbath."
World English Bible
Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day."
Worrell New Testament
How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep! Therefore, it is lawful to do well on the sabbath."
Worsley New Testament
And of how much more worth is a man than a sheep? Sure then it is lawful to do good on the sabbath-days.
Youngs Literal Translation
How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep? -- so that it is lawful on the sabbaths to do good.'
Themes
false Accusation » Incidents illustrative of » Against jesus
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » Restores the withered hand
Jesus Christ » History of » Heals a man having a withered hand (at capernaum)
Man » Apparent insignificance of » Pre-eminence of, over other creatures
Man » More valuable than other creatures
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Restoring the withered hand
the Miracles of Christ » Withered hand restored
Preeminence » Preeminent above » Of man
Sabbath » Lawful to do good deeds on
Sabbath » Doing good works on the sabbath
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 12:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Man With A Withered Hand Healed
11 He said to them, "What man of you, if he has one sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out? 12 Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath." 13 Then he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And he stretched it out, and it was restored as whole as the other.
Names
Cross References
Matthew 6:26
Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
Matthew 10:31
Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
Mark 3:4
Then he said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?" But they kept silent.
Luke 6:9
Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?"
Luke 12:24
Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!