Matthew 12:11
Good News Translation
Jesus answered, "What if one of you has a sheep and it falls into a deep hole on the Sabbath? Will you not take hold of it and lift it out?

New Revised Standard Version
He said to them, “Suppose one of you has only one sheep and it falls into a pit on the sabbath; will you not lay hold of it and lift it out?

Contemporary English Version
Jesus answered, "If one of your sheep fell into a ditch on the Sabbath, wouldn't you lift it out?

New American Bible
He said to them, “Which one of you who has a sheep that falls into a pit on the sabbath will not take hold of it and lift it out?

Douay-Rheims Bible
But he said to them: What man shall there be among you, that hath one sheep: and if the same fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not take hold on it and lift it up?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But he said to them: What man shall there be among you, that hath one sheep: and if the same fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not take hold on it and lift it up?

what.

Luke 13:15-17 And the Lord answering him, said: Ye hypocrites, doth not every one of you, on the sabbath day, loose his ox or his ass from the manger and lead them to water? . . .

Luke 14:5 And answering them, he said: Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a pit and will not immediately draw him out, on the sabbath day?

and if.

Exodus 23:4,5 If thou meet thy enemy's ox or ass going astray, bring it back to him. . . .

Deuteronomy 22:4 If thou see thy brother's ass or his ox to be fallen down in the way, thou shalt not slight it, but shalt lift it up with him.

Context
Jesus Heals on the Sabbath
10And behold there was a man who had a withered hand, and they asked him, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him. 11But he said to them: What man shall there be among you, that hath one sheep: and if the same fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not take hold on it and lift it up? 12How much better is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do a good deed on the sabbath days.…
Cross References
Matthew 12:1
At that time Jesus went through the corn on the sabbath: and his disciples being hungry, began to pluck the ears, and to eat.

Luke 14:5
And answering them, he said: Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a pit and will not immediately draw him out, on the sabbath day?

Matthew 12:10
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