“Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?”
Then Jesus said to them, I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it? — the question reframes the issue: the Pharisees' frame is work/no-work; Jesus' frame is good/evil, save/destroy. Failing to save when one could save is itself a choice — a choice to allow suffering to continue. The question implies that inaction is not neutral but is itself a form of doing evil.
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