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But if ye had known what [this] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
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For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.
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And when he had departed thence, he went into their synagogue.
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And behold, there was a man who had [his] hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath? that they might accuse him.
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And he said to them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it shall fall into a pit on the sabbath, will he not lay hold on it, and lift [it] out?
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How much then is a man better than a sheep? wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
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Then saith he to the man, Stretch out thy hand. And he stretched [it] out; and [it] was restored to a sound state like the other.
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Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
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But when Jesus knew [it], he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all.
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And charged them that they should not make him known:
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That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying,