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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, will he not grab on to it, and lift it out?
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People Are More Valuable Than Sheep
Jesus uses a simple, common-sense argument that his audience would have understood. Commentators explain that if anyone would rescue a valuable animal out of self-interest on the Sabbath, it is far more right and necessary to show mercy to a human being, who is infinitely more valuable in God's eyes.
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19th Century
Anglican
Will he not lay hold on it? — Since the reasoning takes the form of an argumentum ad hominem, it is clear that this act w…
Baptist
He answers their question with another. He propounds a case and makes them judges in it. If a poor man, with one sheep, saw it fall in…
For the third time in this gospel, Jesus’ argument depends on a contrast between animals and people (cf. 6:26; 10:31) and presupposes the greater v…
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16th Century
Protestant
What man shall there be among you who shall have a sheep? Christ again points out what is the true way of keeping the Sabbath; and, at the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he said unto them Well knowing their intentions, and also their usages and customs, which he was able to produce…
Presbyterian
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 on Sabbath days than by the …
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