10 where there was a man with a shrivelled arm. And they questioned Him, »Is it right to cure people on the Sabbath?« Their intention was to bring a charge against Him.

11 »Which of you is there,« He replied, »who, if he has but a single sheep and it falls into a hole on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out?

12 Is not a man, however, far superior to a sheep? Therefore it is right to do good on the Sabbath.«

13 Then He said to the man, »Stretch out your arm.« And he stretched it out, and it was restored quite sound like the other.