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Mat 12:12 — How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

is a		Mat 6:26; Luk 12:24
it is		Mar 3:4; Luk 6:9

Correlating Passages

is a

	Mat 6:26	Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
	Luk 12:24	Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?

it is

	Mar 3:4	And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
	Luk 6:9	Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy [it]?

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Scott, Thomas. "Matthew 12:12," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Mat/12/12.html>.

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