Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And how much is a man better then a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do a good deed on the Sabbath day."
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
How much more is a human being worth than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on Sabbath days."
A Conservative Version
How much therefore a man is superior to a sheep. So then it is permitted to do good on the Sabbath.
American Standard Version
How much then is a man of more value than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep? Therefore, it is permissible by the law of Moses to do what is good on a Sabbath day."
Anderson New Testament
How much better, then, is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful to do well on the Sabbath-days.
Bible in Basic English
Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! For this reason it is right to do good on the Sabbath day.
Common New Testament
Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."
Daniel Mace New Testament
is not a man of much greater consequence than a sheep? how lawful then is it to do good offices on the sabbath-day?
Darby Translation
How much better then is a man than a sheep! So that it is lawful to do well on the sabbath.
Godbey New Testament
Therefore how much more valuable is a man than a sheep? So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.
Goodspeed New Testament
And how much more a man is worth than a sheep! Therefore, it is right to do people good on the Sabbath."
John Wesley New Testament
How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath-day.
Julia Smith Translation
How much then does a man surpass a sheep? So that it is lawful to do well in the sabbaths.
King James 2000
How much then is a man better than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then to what degree [is] a man worth more than a sheep? So then, it is permitted to do good on the Sabbath."
Modern King James verseion
How much better is a man then than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
Moffatt New Testament
And how much more is a man worth than a sheep? Thus it is right to do a kindness on the sabbath."
Montgomery New Testament
"And how much more is a man worth than a sheep? Therefore it is right to do good on the Sabbath."
NET Bible
How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."
New Heart English Bible
Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep. Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."
Noyes New Testament
Of how much more worth now is a man than a sheep! So then it is lawful to do well on the sabbath.
Sawyer New Testament
How much then is a man better than a sheep! So that it is lawful to do good on the sabbath.
The Emphasized Bible
How much better, then, a man, than, a sheep? So that it is allowable, on the sabbath, nobly, to act.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath days.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And how much more precious a man is than a sheep! Therefore it is allowable to do good on the Sabbath."
Webster
How much then is a man better than a sheep? wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
Weymouth New Testament
Is not a man, however, far superior to a sheep? Therefore it is right to do good on the Sabbath."
Williams New Testament
And how much more a man is worth than a sheep! So it is right to do good on the sabbath."
World English Bible
Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day."
Worrell New Testament
How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep! Therefore, it is lawful to do well on the sabbath."
Worsley New Testament
And of how much more worth is a man than a sheep? Sure then it is lawful to do good on the sabbath-days.
Youngs Literal Translation
How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep? -- so that it is lawful on the sabbaths to do good.'
Themes
false Accusation » Incidents illustrative of » Against jesus
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » Restores the withered hand
Jesus Christ » History of » Heals a man having a withered hand (at capernaum)
Man » Apparent insignificance of » Pre-eminence of, over other creatures
Man » More valuable than other creatures
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Restoring the withered hand
the Miracles of Christ » Withered hand restored
Preeminence » Preeminent above » Of man
Sabbath » Lawful to do good deeds on
Sabbath » Doing good works on the sabbath
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 12:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Man With A Withered Hand Healed
11 And he said unto them, "Which of you would it be, if he had a sheep fallen into a pit on the Sabbath day, that would not take him and lift him out? 12 And how much is a man better then a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do a good deed on the Sabbath day." 13 Then said he to the man, "Stretch forth thy hand." And he stretched it forth, and it was made whole again like unto the other.
Names
Cross References
Matthew 6:26
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither reap, nor yet carry into the barns, and yet your heavenly father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Matthew 10:31
Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Mark 3:4
And he said to them, "Whether is it lawful? To do a good deed on the Sabbath day, or an evil? To save a man's life, or to kill?" But they held their peace.
Luke 6:9
Then said Jesus unto them, "I will ask you a question: Whether is it lawful on the Sabbath days, to do good? Or to do evil? To save life? Or for to destroy it?"
Luke 12:24
Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which neither have storehouse nor barn, and yet God feedeth them. How much are ye better then the fowls?