Mark 3:2

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

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  • Luke 14:1 : 1 One Sabbath, as Jesus went to eat at the house of a prominent Pharisee, they were carefully watching him.
  • Luke 20:20 : 20 They watched him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere, so that they might trap him in something he said and hand him over to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.
  • Luke 6:7 : 7 The scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath, so they could find an accusation against Him.
  • Ps 37:32 : 32 The wicked person lies in wait for the righteous and seeks to kill him.
  • Luke 11:53-54 : 53 While He was saying these things to them, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him fiercely and to question Him closely about many things, 54 lying in wait to catch Him in something He might say, to accuse Him.
  • John 9:16 : 16 Some 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.
  • Isa 29:20-21 : 20 For the ruthless will vanish, the scoffer will disappear, and all who have an eye for evil will be cut off. 21 Those who cause humanity to sin with a word, who set traps for the one who rebukes in the gate, and who twist justice by making the righteous nothing, will be judged.
  • Jer 20:10 : 10 I hear many whispering, 'Terror on every side! Report him! Let’s report him!' All my friends are waiting for me to slip, saying, 'Perhaps he will be deceived; then we will prevail over him and take our revenge on him.'
  • Dan 6:4 : 4 Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the administrators and satraps because an excellent spirit was in him, and the king planned to set him over the entire kingdom.
  • Matt 12:10 : 10 And 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 6:5-10
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    93%

    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.

  • Matt 12:8-13
    6 verses
    87%

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

    9Departing from there, He went into their synagogue.

    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 3:1
    84%

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

  • Mark 3:3-6
    4 verses
    82%

    3Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, "Stand up in the middle."

    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.

    6Immediately, the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.

  • Luke 14:1-5
    5 verses
    78%

    1One Sabbath, as Jesus went to eat at the house of a prominent Pharisee, they were carefully watching him.

    2There in front of him was a man suffering from dropsy.

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

    4But they remained silent. So taking hold of the man, he healed him and sent him away.

    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?'

  • Mark 2:23-24
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    77%

    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?

  • Matt 12:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    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.'

  • Luke 6:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    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?"

  • Luke 13:14-16
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    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 13:10
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    10Now Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.

  • John 5:16
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    16Because of this, the Jews began to persecute Jesus and tried to kill Him, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

  • Luke 11:54
    73%

    54lying in wait to catch Him in something He might say, to accuse Him.

  • Matt 9:3
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    3At this, some of the scribes said to themselves, 'This man is blaspheming.'

  • John 5:9-10
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    73%

    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.'

  • Acts 6:12
    72%

    12They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes. They came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council.

  • Luke 5:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17One day, as He was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law, who had come from every village in Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem, were sitting there. The power of the Lord was with Him to heal the sick.

    18Some men came, carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried to bring him in and set him before Jesus.

  • Luke 20:20
    70%

    20They watched him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere, so that they might trap him in something he said and hand him over to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

  • Mark 3:30
    70%

    30He said this because they were saying, "He has an impure spirit."

  • John 9:14
    70%

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

  • 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?

  • John 9:16
    70%

    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 6:2
    70%

    2When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were amazed. They said, 'Where did this man get these things? What is this wisdom that has been given to Him? What remarkable miracles are being done through His hands!

  • Luke 23:10
    70%

    10The chief priests and the scribes stood there vehemently accusing Him.

  • John 7:23
    70%

    23If 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?

  • John 8:6
    70%

    6They said this to test him, so they might have grounds to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down and began writing on the ground with his finger.

  • John 5:12
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    12So they asked him, 'Who is the man who told you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk’?'