Matthew 12:12 - 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.

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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.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

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

Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Matthew 6:26

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

Mark 3:4

And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

Luke 12:24

Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?

Luke 14:1

And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

Luke 6:9

Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?