John 7:23

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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?

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  • Matt 12:5 : 5 Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath, the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and are innocent?
  • John 5:8-9 : 8 Jesus said to him, 'Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.' 9 Immediately, the man was made well; he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now that day was the Sabbath.
  • John 5:14-16 : 14 Later Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, 'Look, you have been made well. Stop sinning, so that nothing worse happens to you.' 15 The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. 16 Because of this, the Jews began to persecute Jesus and tried to kill Him, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.
  • Matt 12:2 : 2 But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, 'Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.'

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  • John 7:21-22
    2 verses
    86%

    21Jesus answered them, 'I did one work, and you all marvel.

    22Because of this, Moses gave you circumcision (not that it comes from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

  • Luke 13:14-16
    3 verses
    75%

    14But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, 'There are six days for work. So come to be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.'

    15The Lord answered him, 'You hypocrites! Doesn’t each of you untie your ox or donkey from the stall on the Sabbath and lead it out to give it water?

    16Then shouldn’t this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?

  • Luke 14:3
    74%

    3Jesus responded to the experts in the law and the Pharisees, asking, 'Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?'

  • John 7:24
    74%

    24Do not judge by appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.

  • Matt 12:10-13
    4 verses
    73%

    10And a man with a withered hand was there. They asked Jesus, 'Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?' so that they might accuse Him.

    11He said to them, 'Which one of you who has a sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?

    12How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.'

    13Then He said to the man, 'Stretch out your hand.' So he stretched it out, and it was restored, healthy like the other.

  • Mark 3:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4Then He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save a life or to kill?" But they remained silent.

    5Looking around at them with anger and deeply distressed at the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored.

  • Mark 2:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23One Sabbath, as Jesus was walking through the grainfields, his disciples began to pluck some heads of grain as they went along.

    24The Pharisees said to Jesus, 'Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?

  • Luke 6:5-10
    6 verses
    73%

    5Then He said to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."

    6On another Sabbath, He went into the synagogue and began teaching, and there was a man whose right hand was withered.

    7The scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath, so they could find an accusation against Him.

    8But Jesus knew their thoughts. He said to the man with the withered hand, "Get up and stand in the middle." So the man got up and stood there.

    9Then 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?"

    10Looking around at all of them, He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." The man did so, and his hand was restored, as sound as the other.

  • Luke 6:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1One Sabbath, while Jesus was walking through the grain fields, His disciples began picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.

    2Some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?"

  • John 7:19
    73%

    19Didn't Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill Me?

  • John 5:9-12
    4 verses
    72%

    9Immediately, the man was made well; he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now that day was the Sabbath.

    10So the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, 'It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.'

    11But he answered them, 'The one who made me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’'

    12So they asked him, 'Who is the man who told you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk’?'

  • Matt 12:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1At that time, Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples became hungry and began to pick heads of grain and eat them.

    2But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, 'Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.'

  • John 5:15-18
    4 verses
    71%

    15The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

    16Because of this, the Jews began to persecute Jesus and tried to kill Him, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

    17But Jesus answered them, 'My Father is working until now, and I too am working.'

    18Because of this, the Jews were all the more determined to kill Him, not only because He was breaking the Sabbath, but also because He was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

  • John 9:16
    71%

    16Some of the Pharisees said, 'This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.' But others said, 'How can a sinful man perform such signs?' So there was division among them.

  • Mark 2:27-28
    2 verses
    71%

    27Then he said to them, 'The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.'

    28'So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.'

  • Matt 12:8
    70%

    8For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.

  • Matt 12:5
    70%

    5Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath, the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and are innocent?

  • Mark 3:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1Then Jesus entered the synagogue again, and there was a man there with a withered hand.

    2They were watching Jesus closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath, so they might accuse Him.

  • Rom 2:25-27
    3 verses
    69%

    25Circumcision indeed has value if you obey the law, but if you are a lawbreaker, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

    26So, if those who are uncircumcised keep the righteous requirements of the law, will their uncircumcision not be regarded as circumcision?

    27The one who is not physically circumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.

  • 1 Cor 7:18
    69%

    18Was anyone called after being circumcised? Let him not undo his circumcision. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.

  • John 9:14
    69%

    14Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.

  • Mark 7:5
    69%

    5So the Pharisees and the scribes questioned Him, "Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?"

  • Luke 14:5
    69%

    5Then he asked them, 'If one of you has a son or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will you not immediately pull him out?'

  • Luke 13:10
    68%

    10Now Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.

  • Mark 7:13
    67%

    13You nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that."