Matthew 12:12 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹² How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! So then it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² 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

¹² 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)

¹² 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

¹² 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

¹² 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

¹² How much better is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do a good deed on the sabbath days.

Matthew 12:12 Cross References

Matthew 10:31

Therefore do not fear; you are worth more than many sparrows.

Matthew 6:26

Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap, nor do they gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth more than they?

Mark 3:4

Then He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?"But they kept silent.

Luke 12:24

Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storeroom nor barn; and God feeds them. How much more are you worth than birds?

Luke 14:1

Now it came to pass, when He came into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they were watching Him closely.

Luke 6:9

Then Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one thing: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?"