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But if you had known what this means, "I desire mercy and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.
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For the Son of Man is lord of the sabbath."
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He left that place and entered their synagogue;
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a man was there with a withered hand, and they asked him, "Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath?" so that they might accuse him.
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He said to them, "Suppose one of you has only one sheep and it falls into a pit on the sabbath; will you not lay hold of it and lift it out?
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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: