12How much then is a man better than a sheep? Why it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.


In Context

9 And when he was departed there, he went into their synagogue:

10 And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.

11 And he said to them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?

12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Why it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

13 Then said he to the man, Stretch forth your hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.

14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.

Matthew 12:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:12How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:12How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:12How much better is a man than a sheep? Therefore it it lawful to do a good deed on the sabbath days.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:12How much then is a man of more value than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:12How much better then is a man than a sheep! So that it is lawful to do well on the sabbath.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:12How much then is a man of more value than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:12How much then is a man better than a sheep? wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:12Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:12How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep? — so that it is lawful on the sabbaths to do good.'