NT-GOSPEL.filter - rwp Matthew:12:12:

rwp@Matthew:12:12 @{How much then is a man} (\posi oun diapherei anthrpos\). Another of Christ's pregnant questions that goes to the roots of things, an _a fortiori_ argument. "By how much does a human being differ from a sheep? That is the question which Christian civilization has not even yet adequately answered" (Bruce). The poor pettifogging Pharisees are left in the pit.