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Luke 6:9

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

Then said Jesus unto them,.... The Scribes and Pharisees, who were watching him, and whose thoughts, and the reasonings of their minds, purposes, and intentions, he full well knew:I will ask you one thing; or question, as they had asked him one before; Mt 12:10is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil?

to save life, or to destroy it?

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