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How much more valuable is a human being than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the sabbath."
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Then he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and it was restored, as sound as the other.
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But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him.
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When Jesus became aware of this, he departed. Many crowds followed him, and he cured all of them,
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and he ordered them not to make him known.
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This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
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"Here is my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.
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He will not wrangle or cry aloud, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets.
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He will not break a bruised reed or quench a smoldering wick until he brings justice to victory.
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And in his name the Gentiles will hope."
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Then they brought to him a demoniac who was blind and mute; and he cured him, so that the one who had been mute could speak and see.