Matthew 12:12

New American Bible - revised edition

How much more valuable a person is than a sheep. So it is lawful to do good on the sabbath.”

Cross References

Matthew 10:31

So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

Matthew 6:26

Look at the birds in the sky; they do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you more important than they?

Mark 3:4

Then he said to them, “Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil, to save life rather than to destroy it?” But they remained silent.

Luke 12:24

Notice the ravens: they do not sow or reap; they have neither storehouse nor barn, yet God feeds them. How much more important are you than birds!

Luke 14:1

On a sabbath he went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing him carefully.

Luke 6:9

Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil, to save life rather than to destroy it?”