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On seeing this, the P'rushim said to him, "Look! Your talmidim are violating Shabbat!"
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But he said to them, "Haven't you ever read what David did when he and those with him were hungry?
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He entered the House of God and ate the Bread of the Presence!" -- which was prohibited, both to him and to his companions; it is permitted only to the cohanim.
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"Or haven't you read in the Torah that on Shabbat the cohanim profane Shabbat and yet are blameless?
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I tell you, there is in this place something greater than the Temple!
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If you knew what `I want compassion rather than animal-sacrifice' meant, you would not condemn the innocent.
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For the Son of Man is Lord of Shabbat!"
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Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue.
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A man there had a shriveled hand. Looking for a reason to accuse him of something, they asked him, "Is healing permitted on Shabbat?"
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But he answered, "If you have a sheep that falls in a pit on Shabbat, which of you won't take hold of it and lift it out?
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How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore, what is permitted on Shabbat is to do good." Then to the man he said, "Hold out your hand." As he held it out, it