^{10 Ref} and lo, there was a man having the hand withered, and they questioned him, saying, `Is it lawful to heal on the sabbaths?' that they might accuse him.

^{11 Ref} And he said to them, `What man shall be of you, who shall have one sheep, and if this may fall on the sabbaths into a ditch, will not lay hold on it and raise `it'?

^{12 Ref} How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep? -- so that it is lawful on the sabbaths to do good.'

^{13 Ref} Then saith he to the man, `Stretch forth thy hand,' and he stretched `it' forth, and it was restored whole as the other.

^{14 Ref} And the Pharisees having gone forth, held a consultation against him, how they might destroy him,

^{10 Ref} And there was a man with a dead hand. And they put a question to him, saying, Is it right to make a man well on the Sabbath day? so that they might have something against him.

^{11 Ref} 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 Ref} Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! For this reason it is right to do good on the Sabbath day.

^{13 Ref} Then said he to the man, Put out your hand. And he put it out, and it was made as well as the other.

^{14 Ref} But the Pharisees went out and made designs against him, how they might put him to death.