11. He said to them, “Would not any one of you, if he had one sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, take hold of it and lift it out?
12. How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”
13. Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out and it was restored, as healthy as the other.
14. But the Pharisees went out and plotted against him, as to how they could assassinate him.
15. Now when Jesus learned of this, he went away from there. Great crowds followed him, and he healed them all.
16. But he sternly warned them not to make him known.
17. This fulfilled what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet:
18. “Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I take great delight.I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
19. He will not quarrel or cry out, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets.