World English Bible
Matthew 12:11
“He said to them, "What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won't he grab on to it, and lift it out?”
Verse in context — Matthew 12
9
He departed there, and went into their synagogue.
10
And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?" that they might accuse him.
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He said to them, "What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won't he grab on to it, and lift it out?
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Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day.
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Then he told the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out; and it was restored whole, just like the other.
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