⁵ And he said to them, Which of you, whose ox or ass has got into a water-hole, will not straight away get him out on the Sabbath?

¹⁵ But the Lord gave him an answer and said, O you false men! do you not, every one of you, on the Sabbath, let loose his ox and his ass and take it to the water?

⁴ If you come across the ox or the ass of one who is no friend to you wandering from its way, you are to take it back to him.

⁵ If you see the ass of one who has no love for you bent down to the earth under the weight which is put on it, you are to come to its help, even against your desire.

²⁴ This is the sense of it, O King, and it is the decision of the Most High which has come on my lord the king:

¹¹ And he said to them, Which of you, having a sheep, if it gets into a hole on the Sabbath day, will not put out a helping hand and get it back?

¹² Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! For this reason it is right to do good on the Sabbath day.