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-# Connecting Statement:
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-Jesus responds to the Pharisees' criticism.
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 # What man would there be among you, who, if he had just one sheep ... would not take hold of it and raise it out?
 
-Jesus uses a question to respond to the Pharisees. He is challenging them to think about what kind of work they do on the Sabbath. Alternate translation: "Every one of you, if you only had one sheep ... would grab the sheep and raise it out." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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-# raise
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-lift
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+Jesus challenges the Pharisees to think about what kind of work they would do on the Sabbath. Alternate translation: “Every one of you, if you only had one sheep ... would grab the sheep and pull it out of the pit.”