Matthew 12:12
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How much better is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do a good deed on the sabbath days.

Matthew 10:31
Fear not therefore: better are you than many sparrows.

Luke 14:1
And it came to pass, when Jesus went into the house of one of the Pharisees, on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

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How much better is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do a good deed on the sabbath days.

is a.

Matthew 6:26 Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns: and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not you of much more value than they?

Luke 12:24 Consider the ravens, for they sow not, neither do they reap, neither have they storehouse nor barn, and God feedeth them. How much are you more valuable than they?

it is.

Mark 3:4 And he saith to them: Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? To save life, or to destroy? But they held their peace.

Luke 6:9 Then Jesus said to them: I ask you, if it be lawful on the sabbath days to do good or to do evil? To save life or to destroy?

Context
Jesus Heals on the Sabbath
11But he said to them: What man shall there be among you, that hath one sheep: and if the same fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not take hold on it and lift it up? 12How much better is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do a good deed on the sabbath days. 13Then he saith to the man: Stretch forth thy hand; and he stretched it forth, and it was restored to health even as the other.…
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How much
πόσῳ (posō)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4214: How much, how great, how many. From an absolute pos and hos; interrogative pronoun how much (plural) many).

more valuable is
διαφέρει (diapherei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1308: From dia and phero; to bear through, i.e. transport; usually to bear apart, i.e. to toss about; subjectively, to 'differ', or surpass.

a man
ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

than a sheep!
προβάτου (probatou)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4263: A sheep. Probably neuter of a presumed derivative of probaino; something that walks forward, i.e., a sheep.

Therefore
ὥστε (hōste)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 5620: So that, therefore, so then, so as to. From hos and te; so too, i.e. Thus therefore.

it is lawful
ἔξεστιν (exestin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1832: It is permitted, lawful, possible.

to do
ποιεῖν (poiein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

good
καλῶς (kalōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 2573: Well, nobly, honorably, rightly. Adverb from kalos; well.

on the
τοῖς (tois)
Article - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Sabbath.”
σάββασιν (sabbasin)
Noun - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 4521: The Sabbath, a week.


Additional Translations
How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

How much more valuable therefore is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbaths."

How much then is a man better than a sheep? Why it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

How much then is a man of more value than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day.

How much better then is a man than a sheep! So that it is lawful to do well on the sabbath.

How much then is a man of more value than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day.

How much then is a man better than a sheep? wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

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

Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day."

How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep? -- so that it is lawful on the sabbaths to do good.'
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