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(Matt. 12:9-14; Mark 3:1-6; Luke 6:6-11).
This healing by the Lord, aroused a new indignation among the Scribes and Pharisees, that evidently accompanied the Lord with the aim of accusing Him of violating the Sabbath. Posing the question to the Pharisees: “What man is there among you who has one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out?” (Matt. 12:11), the Lord showed that in His opinion, works of mercy are far more important than fulfilling the laws on the peace of the Sabbath, and that in general, for the sake of doing good, to interrupt this peace is not only permissible, but is essential.