Matthew 12:11-12

A Man with a Withered Hand

¹¹ He said to them, "Which one of you who has a sheep, _k if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out? ¹² _l Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So _m it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."

1. Cross References
   Exodus 23:4 - 5
   If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to him.
   Deuteronomy 22:4
   You shall not see your brother's donkey or his ox fallen down by the way and ignore them. You shall help him to lift them up again.
   
2. Cross References
   Matthew 6:26
   Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
   Matthew 10:31
   Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
   
3. Cross References
   John 5:16 - 17
   And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.