Jesus instructed that judgment must not be made according to appearance but must instead be righteous judgment. Jesus did not find fault with circumcising on the Sabbath and used it as an illustration of correct judgment. The Jews looked into God's word and saw that God commanded circumcision. They righteously concluded that it was God's pleasure, God's will, and God's desire that the circumcision be performed on that day regardless of the day. Circumcision was of such overriding importance as the seal of the Old Covenant that the practice superseded any given Sabbath. In that sense circumcision was bigger and greater than the Sabbath. When the eighth day fell on a Sabbath they rightly judged that because of what circumcision represented it should supersede that Sabbath. The covenant in this case was more important than the Sabbath. Jesus reckoned that the Jews judged righteously and went on to His conclusion that it was not wrong for Him to make a person whole on the Sabbath day.