The Gospel According to Matthew 12:9-13
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At that time, Jesus entered the synagogue of the Jews. And behold, there was a man with a withered hand. And they asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?" so that they might accuse him. He said to them, "What man of you, if he has one sheep and it falls into a pit on the sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out? Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the sabbath." Then he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And the man stretched it out, and it was restored, whole like the other.
The English Gospel text used is from "The Holy and Sacred Gospel", and the English text of the Acts of the Apostles and Epistles is used from "The Apostolos", both by Holy Cross Press, Brookline, MA. The English Old Testament text is taken from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible.
The Revised Standard Version of the Bible is copyrighted 1946, 1952, 1971, and 1973 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. and used by permission.
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