Matthew 12:11-17 Modern English Version (MEV)

11. He said to them, “What man is there among you who has one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out?

12. Then how much better 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.” And he stretched it out, and it was restored whole like the other.

14. Then the Pharisees went out and took counsel against Him, how they might kill Him.

15. But when Jesus knew it, He withdrew from there. And great crowds followed Him, and He healed them all,

16. and warned them that they should not make Him known,

17. to fulfill what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:

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