Matthew 12:12 - Catholic Public Domain Version

How much better is a man than a sheep? And so, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbaths."

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

How much better and of more value is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful and allowable to do good on the Sabbath days.

American Standard Version (1901)

How much then is a man of more value than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day.

Common English Bible

How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! So the Law allows a person to do what is good on the Sabbath.”

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

How much better is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do a good deed on the sabbath days.

English Standard Version 2016

Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

Matthew 12:12 Cross References

Matthew 10:31

Therefore, do not be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows.

Matthew 6:26

Consider the birds of the air, how they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of much greater value than they are?

Mark 3:4

And he said to them: "Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbaths, or to do evil, to give health to a life, or to destroy?" But they remained silent.

Luke 12:24

Consider the ravens. For they neither sow nor reap; there is no storehouse or barn for them. And yet God pastures them. How much more are you, compared to them?

Luke 14:1

And it happened that, when Jesus entered the house of a certain leader of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they were observing him.

Luke 6:9

Then Jesus said to them: "I ask you if it is lawful on the Sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? To give health to a life, or to destroy it?"