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But when the Phariseessaw this, they said to Him, "Look, Your disciplesdowhat1is not lawful to do on a Sabbath."
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But He said to them, "Have you not readwhatDaviddidwhen he became hungry, he and his companions*,
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how he entered the house of God, and 2they ate the consecratedbread, which was not lawful for him to eatnor for those with him, but for the priestsalone?
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"Or have you not read in the Law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the templebreak the Sabbath and are innocent?
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"But I say to you that something 3greater than the temple is here.
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"But if you had knownwhat this means, '4I DESIRECOMPASSION, AND NOT A SACRIFICE,' you would not have condemned the innocent.
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6Departing from there, He went into their synagogue.
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And a man was there whose hand was withered. And they questioned Jesus, asking, "7Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"-so that they might accuse Him.
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And He said to them, "8Whatman is there among you whohas a sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not takehold of it and lift it out?
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"9Howmuchmorevaluablethen is a man than a sheep! Sothen, it is lawful to dogood on the Sabbath."