Matthew 12:12 - The Scriptures 2009

¹² How much more worth is a man than a sheep! So it is right 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

“So do not fear, you are worth more than many sparrows.

Matthew 6:26

Look at the birds of the heaven, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into storehouses, yet your heavenly Father does feed them. Are you not worth more than they?

Mark 3:4

And He said to them, “Is it right to do good on the Sabbath, or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they remained silent.

Luke 12:24

Look at the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor granary, and Elohim feeds them. How much more valuable are you than the birds?”

Luke 14:1

And it came to be, as He went 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 יהושע said to them, “I ask you, is it right to do good on the Sabbath, or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”