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Matthew 12:12

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

A person is worth far more than a sheep; so it is lawful to do what is good on the Sabbath.’

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Consider the birds of the sky: They don’t sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth more than they?

Then Jesus said to them, ‘I ask you: Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it? ’

Then he said to them, ‘Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save life or to kill? ’ But they were silent.

So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

Consider the ravens: They don’t sow or reap; they don’t have a storeroom or a barn; yet God feeds them. Aren’t you worth much more than the birds?

One Sabbath, when he went in to eat at the house of one of the leading Pharisees, they were watching him closely.