Matthew 12:10-12

10 a man was there with a withered hand, and they asked him, "Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath?" so that they might accuse him.
11 He said to them, "Suppose one of you has only one sheep and it falls into a pit on the sabbath; will you not lay hold of it and lift it out?
12 How much more valuable is a human being than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the sabbath."
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