27 Bible Verses about The Sabbath And Christ
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But when the Pharisees saw, they said to Him, Behold, your disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath day.
And the Pharisees said to Him, Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the sabbath day?
And certain of the Pharisees said to them, Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?
Or have you not read in the Law that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath and are blameless?
Therefore the Jews said to him who had been healed, It is the sabbath. It is not lawful for you to take up the bed.
And answering, the synagogue ruler, being angry because Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, said to the crowd, There are six days in which it is right to work. Therefore in them come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
And behold, a man having a withered hand. And they asked Him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbaths? This so that they might accuse Him.
And answering, Jesus spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
And they watched Him to see if He would heal him on the sabbath day, so that they might accuse Him.
And the scribes and Pharisees watched him to see if He would heal on the sabbath day, so that they might find an accusation against Him.
And immediately the man was made whole and took up his bed and walked. And it was a sabbath on that day.
And therefore the Jews persecuted Jesus and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the sabbath day.
Then, because of this, the Jews sought the more to kill Him, because He not only had broken the sabbath, but also said that God was His father, making Himself equal with God.
Therefore some of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he does not keep the sabbath. Others said, How can a man, a sinner, do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
And He said to them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? To save life, or to kill? But they were silent.
Then Jesus said to them, I will ask you one thing: Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil, to save life, or to destroy it?
And He said to them, What man among you will be, who will have one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the sabbaths, will he not lay hold on it and lift it out?
And the Lord answered him and said, Hypocrite! Does not each one of you on the sabbath loosen his ox or ass from the stall and lead it away, to give it drink?
And He answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a pit and will not immediately pull him out on the sabbath day?
If a man receives circumcision on the sabbath day so that the Law of Moses should not be broken, are you angry at Me because I have made a man entirely sound on the sabbath day?
How much better is a man then than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
And He said to them, The sabbath came into being for man's sake, and not man for the sabbath's sake.
Therefore let no one judge you in food or in drink, or in respect of a feast, or of the new moon, or of the sabbaths.