If you have a sheep that falls into a pit on Shabbat, which of you won’t take hold of it and lift it out? How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore, what is permitted on Shabbat is to do good (Matt. 12:11–12). Nowadays, perhaps in part because of Yeshua’s teaching, Jewish people would not question the act of saving a life on the Sabbath. In fact, many Jews held this opinion even at the time of Yeshua. To conclude his teaching on Shabbat, the Messiah stated that this unique day “was
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