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But he said to them: Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him:
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How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the loaves of proposition, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for them that were with him, but for the priests only?
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Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple break the sabbath, and are without blame?
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But I tell you that there is here a greater than the temple.
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And if you knew what this meaneth: I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: you would never have condemned the innocent.
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For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.
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And when he had passed from thence, he came into their synagogues.
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And behold there was a man who had a withered hand, and they asked him, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
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But he said to them: What man shall there be among you, that hath one sheep: and if the same fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not take hold on it and lift it up?
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How much better is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do a good deed on the sabbath days.
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Then he saith to the man: Stretch forth thy hand; and he stretched it forth, and it was restored to health even as the other.