Matthew Chapter 12 verse 12 Holy Bible

ASV Matthew 12:12

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

Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! For this reason it is right to do good on the Sabbath day.
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DARBY Matthew 12:12

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

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


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WEB Matthew 12:12

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

How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep? -- so that it is lawful on the sabbaths to do good.'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - How much then is a man better than a sheep? (Matthew 6:26; Matthew 10:31). Wherefore it is lawful to do well (to do good, Revised Version) on the sabbath days. He answers their question about healing (ver. 10) by enunciating a general principle which would cover more. "Doing good" (perhaps merely "well-doing," Acts 10:33; 1 Corinthians 7:37; but probably "doing good to" another, cf. Luke 6:26, 27; and the parallel passages here, ἀγαθοποιῆσαι η}' κακοποιῆσαι) is to be one test by which the duty of resting or of working on the sabbath is to be determined.

Ellicott's Commentary