Matthew 12:11-13

The Voice

Jesus: ¹¹Look, imagine that one of you has a sheep that falls into a ditch on the Sabbath—what would you do?

Jesus—who can see the Pharisees are testing Him and basically have missed the point—is growing a little testy. The Pharisees say nothing.

(to the Pharisees) You would dive in and rescue your sheep. ¹²Now what is more valuable, a person or a sheep? So what do you think—should I heal this man on the Sabbath? Isn’t it lawful to do good deeds on the Sabbath? ¹³(to the man with the shriveled hand) Stretch out your hand.

As the man did so, his hand was completely healed, as good as new.

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