The Lord then answered him and said, Hypocrite! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it?

If you encounter your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to restore it to him.

If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying under its burden, you shall refrain from leaving it to him; you shall help him set it free.

This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king:

And He said to them, What man is there among you who has one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out?

How much more, then, does a man excel a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.