Matthew 12:12 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Certainly, a human is more valuable than a sheep! So it is right to do good on the day of worship."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

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

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

WEY:

Is not a man, however, far superior to a sheep? Therefore it is right to do good on the Sabbath."

WBS:

How much then is a man better than a sheep? wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

WEB:

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

YLT:

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

Matthew 12:12 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 10:31 "So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

Luke 14:1 It happened that when He went into the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching Him closely. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

12:12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? If sheep can be lifted out of its suffering on the Sabbath, why not much more a man?
Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. If the Sabbath day would preclude one from doing good, then it would be an evil.

WES:

12:12 It is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day - To save a beast, much more a man.

MHC:

12:9-13 Christ shows that works of mercy are lawful and proper to be done on the Lord's day. There are more ways of doing well upon sabbath days, than by the duties of worship: attending the sick, relieving the poor, helping those who need speedy relief, teaching the young to care for their souls; these are doing good: and these must be done from love and charity, with humility and self-denial, and shall be accepted, Ge 4:7. This, like other cures which Christ wrought, had a spiritual meaning. By nature our hands are withered, and we are unable of ourselves to do any thing that is good. Christ only, by the power of his grace, cures us; he heals the withered hand by putting life into the dead soul, works in us both to will and to do: for, with the command, there is a promise of grace given by the word.

CONC:

Better However Lawful Reason Sabbath Sabbaths Sheep Superior Valuable Value Wherefore

Better Far Good However Lawful Reason Right Sabbath Sabbaths Sheep Superior Valuable Value Wherefore

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