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This they could not answer. So He said, “How

much then is a man better than a sheep?

Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the

Sabbath days.” Matthew 12:11, 12.

“It is lawful;” that is, it is according to law.

Christ never reproved the Jews for keeping

the law of God, or for honoring the Sabbath.

On the contrary, He ever upheld the law in all

its completeness.

Isaiah prophesied of Christ, “He will magnify

the law, and make it honorable.” Isaiah 42:21.

To magnify is to make larger, to raise to a

higher position.

Christ magnified the law by showing in every

part its wonderful meaning. He showed that

it is to be obeyed, not only in the actions,

which are seen by men, but in the thoughts,

which are known only to God.

To those who claimed that He came to set

aside the law, He said, “Think not that I am