Matthew 12:6-11
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I tell you, d something greater than the temple is here.
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And if you had known e what this means, f 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.
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For g the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."
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He went on from there and h entered their synagogue.
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And a man was there with a withered hand. And they asked him, i "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?" - j so that they might accuse him.
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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?
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Matthew 12:41 - 42
The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
Matthew 12:8
For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.
Haggai 2:9
The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says the Lord of hosts. And in this place I will give peace, declares the Lord of hosts.'
Malachi 3:1
Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.
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Matthew 9:13
Go and learn what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
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Hosea 6:6
For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Micah 6:6 - 8
With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
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Hosea 6:6
For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
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Matthew 9:6
But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" - he then said to the paralytic - "Rise, pick up your bed and go home.
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Matthew 12:9 - 14
He went on from there and entered their synagogue.
Mark 3:1 - 6
Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand.
Luke 6:6 - 11
On another Sabbath, he entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered.
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Matthew 12:9 - 14
He went on from there and entered their synagogue.
Mark 3:1 - 6
Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand.
Luke 6:6 - 11
On another Sabbath, he entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered.
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Luke 14:3
And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?
Matthew 12:2
But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, "Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.
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Luke 11:54
Lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say.
Luke 20:20
So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.
John 8:6
This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.
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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.
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