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and I say to you, that a greater than the temple is here;
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and if ye had known what is: Kindness I will, and not sacrifice -- ye had not condemned the blameless,
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for the son of man is lord even of the sabbath.'
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And having departed thence, he went to their synagogue,
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and lo, there was a man having the hand withered, and they questioned him, saying, `Is it lawful to heal on the sabbaths?' that they might accuse him.
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And he said to them, `What man shall be of you, who shall have one sheep, and if this may fall on the sabbaths into a ditch, will not lay hold on it and raise [it]?
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How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep? -- so that it is lawful on the sabbaths to do good.'
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Then saith he to the man, `Stretch forth thy hand,' and he stretched [it] forth, and it was restored whole as the other.
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And the Pharisees having gone forth, held a consultation against him, how they might destroy him,
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and Jesus having known, withdrew thence, and there followed him great multitudes, and he healed them all,
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and did charge them that they might not make him manifest,