4 how he entered the house of God and ate athe showbread which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, bbut only for the priests?
5 Or have you not read in the alaw that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple1 profane the Sabbath, and are blameless?
7 But if you had known what this means, a‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.
Healing on the Sabbath
9 aNow when He had departed from there, He went into their synagogue.
10 And behold, there was a man who had a withered hand. And they asked Him, saying, a“Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—that they might accuse Him.
11 Then He said to them, “What man is there among you who has one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out?
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Matthew, Gospel according to {Easton's}
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