So, do not be afraid, for you are [much] more valuable than many sparrows.
Matthew 12:12 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep? Therefore, it is permissible by the Law of Moses to do what is good on a Sabbath day.” More versionsKing 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.” 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. |
So, do not be afraid, for you are [much] more valuable than many sparrows.
Look at the birds in the sky; they do not plant seeds or harvest [a crop] or store [things] in barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them [adequately]. Are you not a lot more valuable than they are?
Then He said to the Pharisees, “Is it permissible by the Law of Moses to do something good, or something harmful on the Sabbath day? To save a life or to kill it?” But they did not reply.
Look at the ravens; they do not plant seeds or harvest [a crop]; they do not have a storage locker or a barn, and [yet] God feeds them [adequately]. Are you not a lot more valuable than those birds?
And it happened on a Sabbath day, when Jesus went to the house of one of the leading Pharisees for a meal, that they [i.e., probably other Pharisees who were also guests] were watching Him closely.
Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it permitted by the Law of Moses to do something good or to do something harmful on the Sabbath day? To save a life or to destroy it?”