Matthew 12:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹² How much then is a man of more value than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day.

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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."

Matthew 12:12 Cross References

Matthew 6:26

Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value than they?

Luke 6:9

And Jesus said unto them, I ask you, Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good, or to do harm? to save a life, or to destroy it?

Mark 3:4

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

Matthew 10:31

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

Luke 12:24

Consider the ravens, that they sow not, neither reap; which have no store-chamber nor barn; and God feedeth them: of how much more value are ye than the birds!

Luke 14:1

And it came to pass, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.