An example of one of Basser's arguments concerns the three separate yet similar stories when Jesus cured a man, or woman depending on the Gospel writer, who had a "withered hand" on the Sabbath (Matthew 12:10-13, Luke 13:14-17, Luke 14:3-5). ... To Jesus, the man or woman's withered hand was worth over-riding scribal law for, however, it may still be possible to assume, like some Pharisees did, that the charge against Jesus for healing on the Sabbath was one of breaking divine Torah Law, as it says in Exodus 31:15, "When it is possible to do a commandment on another day, the Sabbath...

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