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And a human being is worth much more than a sheep! So then, our Law does allow us to help someone on the Sabbath."
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Then he said to the man with the paralyzed hand, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and it became well again, just like the other one.
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Then the Pharisees left and made plans to kill Jesus.
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When Jesus heard about the plot against him, he went away from that place; and large crowds followed him. He healed all the sick
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and gave them orders not to tell others about him.
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He did this so as to make come true what God had said through the prophet Isaiah:
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"Here is my servant, whom I have chosen,
1 the one I love, and with whom I am pleased. I will send my Spirit upon him, and he will announce my judgment to the nations.
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He will not argue or shout, or make loud speeches in the streets.
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He will not break off a bent reed, nor put out a flickering lamp. He will persist until he causes justice to triumph,
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and on him all peoples will put their hope."
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Then some people brought to Jesus a man who was blind and could not talk because he had a demon. Jesus healed the man, so that he was able to talk and see.