Verse 27

Then he said to them, 'The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.'

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  • Col 2:16 : 16 Therefore, let no one judge you in regard to food and drink or regarding a festival, a new moon, or Sabbaths.
  • Deut 5:14 : 14 But the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work—you, your son or daughter, your male or female servant, your ox, your donkey, or any of your livestock, or the foreigner residing in your towns—so that your male and female servants may rest as you do.
  • Exod 23:12 : 12 For six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest, so that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant and the foreigner may be refreshed.
  • Luke 6:9 : 9 Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save a life or to destroy it?"
  • John 7:23 : 23 If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses is not broken, why are you angry at Me because I made a man entirely well on the Sabbath?
  • Neh 9:13-14 : 13 You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke to them from heaven. You gave them upright judgments, true laws, good statutes, and commandments. 14 You made Your holy Sabbath known to them, and You gave them commandments, statutes, and laws through Your servant Moses.
  • Isa 58:13 : 13 If you keep your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on my holy day, and you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord's holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way or doing as you please or speaking idle words,
  • Ezek 20:12 : 12 Also, I gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between me and them, so they would know that I am the LORD who makes them holy.
  • Ezek 20:20 : 20 Sanctify my Sabbaths, and they will be a sign between me and you so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.'
  • 1 Cor 3:21-22 : 21 So then, let no one boast in human leaders, for all things are yours— 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours,
  • 2 Cor 4:15 : 15 All this is for your benefit, so that grace, having increased through the many, may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.