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Matthew 12:1-12; Matthew 12:12
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Matthew 12:1-12
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At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them.
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When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”
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He answered, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
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He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests.
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Or haven’t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are innocent?
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I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.
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If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’you would not have condemned the innocent.
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For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
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Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue,
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and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Looking for a reason to bring charges against Jesus, they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
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He said to them, “If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out?
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How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide.
Matthew 12:12
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How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide.