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For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.
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And when he had passed from thence, he came into their synagogues.
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And behold there was a man who had a withered hand, and they asked him, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
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But he said to them: What man shall there be among you, that hath one sheep: and if the same fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not take hold on it and lift it up?
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How much better is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do a good deed on the sabbath days.
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Then he saith to the man: Stretch forth thy hand; and he stretched it forth, and it was restored to health even as the other.
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And the Pharisees going out made a consultation against him, how they might destroy him.
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But Jesus knowing it, retired from thence: and many followed him, and he healed them all.
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And he charged them that they should not make him known.
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That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaias the prophet, saying:
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Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul hath been well pleased. I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.