Matthew 12:1-13
went <4198> [went.]
to pick <5089> [to pluck.]
Look <2400> [Behold.]
you read <314> [Have.]
what <5101> [what.]
bread <740> [the shew-bread.]
<1508> [but.]
Sabbath <4521> [on.]
desecrate <953> [profane.]
If <1487> [if.]
I want <2309> [I will.]
That is, I desire, or require mercy, or acts of humanity, rather than sacrifice.
you would ... have condemned <2613> [condemned.]
entered <2064> [he went.]
had <2192> [which.]
Is it <1487> [Is it.]
so that <2443> [that.]
<5101> [what.]
This was an {argumentum ad hominem.} The Jews held that such things were lawful on the sabbath day, and our Saviour very properly appealed to their canons in vindication of his intention to heal the distressed man.
and <1161 2532 1437> [and if.]
a person <444> [is a.]
it is lawful <1832> [it is.]
He ..... and it was restored <2532 600> [and it.]
