20 Or would it please your God to let it suffer in the mire until another day?
21 But his accusers held their peace.
22 And then he said to them, Are sheep of greater value than a man?
23 The law of God is written on the rock of Right; and Justice wrote the law, and Mercy was the pen.
24 And then he said, Man, raise your hand and stretch it forth. He raised his hand; it was restored.
25 The Pharisees were filled with rage. They called in secret council the Herodians, and they began to plot and plan how they might bring about his death.
26 They were afraid to publicly accuse, because the multitudes stood forth in his defense.
27 And Jesus and the twelve went down and walked beside the sea, and many people followed them.
CHAPTER 94.
The Sermon on the Mount. Jesus reveals to the twelve the secret of prayer. The model prayer. The law of forgiveness. The holy fast. The evil of deceit. Almsgiving.