Luke 13:15
The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?
Cross-references
In Luke 6:42, Jesus uses the same 'hypocrite' label, highlighting the need to address one's own faults before critiquing others.
Luke 12:1 warns against the 'yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy'—the very sin Jesus exposes here regarding Sabbath practice.
Luke 14:5 repeats the same Sabbath logic — rescuing an animal is lawful, so healing a person is too.
Matthew 7:5 also calls out 'hypocrite' and instructs removing the plank from one's own eye—mirroring Jesus' charge here.
Matthew 15:7 quotes Isaiah on people honoring God with lips but hearts far away—directly paralleling Jesus' exposure of Pharisees as hypocrites.
Matthew 23:13 pronounces woe on hypocritical Pharisees for shutting the kingdom—the same group Jesus rebukes here for their Sabbath hypocrisy.
Matthew 23:28 exposes the Pharisees' outward righteousness hiding inward hypocrisy—identical to the duplicity Jesus condemns in Luke 13:15.
John 7:21-24 parallels this defense — circumcision on Sabbath is lawful, so healing should be.
Matthew 12:11 gives the same argument — rescuing a sheep on Sabbath is lawful, so healing is too.
In Mark 3:5, Jesus similarly challenges Sabbath legalism, showing anger and grief at hard hearts — adding emotional depth to this principle of mercy over ritual.