Mark 3:4

He said also to them, Is it lawful on the shabath to do good, or (that) which (is) evil? to save life, or to destroy it? But they were silent.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

In Context

3And he said to him, the man with the withered hand, Stand up in the midst.

5And he beheld them with indignation, while it grieved him on account of the hardness of their hearts. And he said to the man, Stretch out thy hand. And he stretched (it); and his hand straightened.

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Cross References

Mark 2:27And he said to them, that the shabath on account of the Son of man was made, and not the Son of man on account of the shabath.

Luke 6:9And when he had come and stood, Jeshu said to them, I ask you which is lawful to do on the shabath, good or evil, life to save or to destroy?

Luke 14:1AND it was that while he went into the house of one of the chief Pharishee to eat bread, on the day of shabath, they watched him.

Matthew Henry on Mark 3:2-13

The Withered Hand Restored; Multitudes Healed. 1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. 2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him. 3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth. 4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace. 5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being… Read the whole commentary →

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