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


In Context

9 Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue,

10 and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, they asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"

11 He said to them, "If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out?

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

13 Then he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." So he stretched it out and it was completely restored, just as sound as the other.

14 But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.

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 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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