Matthew 12:11

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

He answered them, “Which one of you who has [only] one sheep, and it fell in a ditch, would not reach down and lift it out [even] if it were on a Sabbath day?

Cross References

Luke 14:5

Then He said to them, “Which one of you, who has a son or an ox that falls into a well, would not immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?”

Matthew 12:1

About that time Jesus was walking through a grain field on the Sabbath day. His disciples were hungry so began picking off some heads of grain to eat [the kernels]. [Note: It was an accepted practice for people in that day to be permitted to do this as they walked along paths bordering a grain field].