^{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 behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?" that they might accuse him.

^{11 Ref} He said to them, "What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won't he grab on to it, and lift it out?

^{12 Ref} Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day."

^{13 Ref} Then he told the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out; and it was restored whole, just like the other.

^{14 Ref} But the Pharisees went out, and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.