Matthew 12:8

American Standard Version (1901)

For the Son of man is lord of the sabbath.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 6:5 : 5 And he said unto them, The Son of man is lord of the sabbath.
  • Matt 9:6 : 6 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins (then saith he to the sick of the palsy), Arise, and take up thy bed, and go up unto thy house.
  • Mark 2:28 : 28 so that the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath.
  • Mark 9:4-7 : 4 And there appeared unto them Elijah with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus. 5 And Peter answereth and saith to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah. 6 For he knew not what to answer; for they became sore afraid. 7 And there came a cloud overshadowing them: and there came a voice out of the cloud, This is my beloved Son: hear ye him.
  • Matt 8:20 : 20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven [have] nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
  • John 5:17-23 : 17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work. 18 For this cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only brake the sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God. 19 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever he doeth, these the Son also doeth in like manner. 20 For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth: and greater works than these will he show him, that ye may marvel. 21 For as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will. 22 For neither doth the Father judge any man, but he hath given all judgment unto the Son; 23 that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father that sent him.
  • 1 Cor 9:21 : 21 to them that are without law, as without law, not being without law to God, but under law to Christ, that I might gain them that are without law.
  • 1 Cor 16:2 : 2 Upon the first day of the week let each one of you lay by him in store, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.
  • Rev 1:10 : 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 2:27-28
    2 verses
    92%

    27And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

    28so that the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath.

  • Luke 6:5-9
    5 verses
    89%

    5And he said unto them, The Son of man is lord of the sabbath.

    6And it came to pass on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man there, and his right hand was withered.

    7And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath; that they might find how to accuse him.

    8But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man that had his hand withered, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth.

    9And Jesus said unto 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?

  • Matt 12:9-12
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    76%

    9And he departed thence, and went into their synagogue:

    10and behold, a man having a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? that they might accuse him.

    11And he said unto them, What man shall there be of you, that shall have one sheep, and if this fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?

    12How much then is a man of more value than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day.

  • Matt 12:1-3
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    76%

    1At that season Jesus went on the sabbath day through the grainfields; and his disciples were hungry and began to pluck ears and to eat.

    2But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do upon the sabbath.

    3But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they that were with him;

  • Luke 13:14-16
    3 verses
    74%

    14And the ruler of the synagogue, being moved with indignation because Jesus had healed on the sabbath, answered and said to the multitude, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the day of the sabbath.

    15But the Lord answered him, and said, Ye hypocrites, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?

    16And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound, lo, [these] eighteen years, to have been loosed from this bond on the day of the sabbath?

  • Exod 20:8
    73%

    8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

  • Luke 6:2
    73%

    2But certain of the Pharisees said, Why do ye that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath day?

  • Luke 13:10
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    10And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath day.

  • Matt 12:7
    73%

    7But if ye had known what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

  • Luke 14:3
    72%

    3And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not?

  • Mark 2:23-24
    2 verses
    72%

    23And it came to pass, that he was going on the sabbath day through the grainfields; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears.

    24And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

  • Matt 12:5
    72%

    5Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless?

  • Mark 3:4
    72%

    4And he saith unto them, Is it lawful on the sabbath day to do good, or to do harm? to save a life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

  • Mark 2:10
    71%

    10But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins (he saith to the sick of the palsy),

  • Luke 14:5
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    5And he said unto them, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a well, and will not straightway draw him up on a sabbath day?

  • Deut 5:12
    71%

    12Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee.

  • Isa 56:2
    71%

    2Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that holdeth it fast; that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

  • John 5:27
    71%

    27and he gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man.

  • John 5:9
    71%

    9And straightway the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the sabbath on that day.

  • Exod 20:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

    11for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

  • John 7:23
    70%

    23If a man receiveth circumcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are ye wroth with me, because I made a man every whit whole on the sabbath?

  • Mark 3:2
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    2And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.

  • Matt 9:6
    70%

    6But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins (then saith he to the sick of the palsy), Arise, and take up thy bed, and go up unto thy house.

  • John 5:16-18
    3 verses
    70%

    16And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.

    17But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work.

    18For this cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only brake the sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

  • Mark 12:37
    70%

    37David himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he his son? And the common people heard him gladly.

  • John 9:14
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    14Now it was the sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

  • Mark 7:12
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    12ye no longer suffer him to do aught for his father or his mother;

  • Matt 8:9
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    9For I also am a man under authority, having under myself soldiers: and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

  • Luke 14:1
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    1And it came to pass, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.

  • Mark 12:35
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    35And Jesus answered and said, as he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that the Christ is the son of David?

  • John 10:36
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    36say ye of him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am [the] Son of God?

  • Deut 5:14
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    14but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou.

  • Isa 58:13
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    13If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, [and] the holy of Jehovah honorable; and shalt honor it, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking [thine own] words:

  • Matt 22:43
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    43He saith unto them, How then doth David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,