Matthew 12:8

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For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.

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  • Luke 6:5 : 5 Then He said to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
  • Matt 9:6 : 6 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins—then he said to the paralyzed man—'Get up, take your mat, and go to your home.'
  • Mark 2:28 : 28 'So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.'
  • Mark 9:4-7 : 4 And Elijah appeared to them with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. 5 Peter responded and said to Jesus, 'Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.' 6 For he did not know what to say, because they were terrified. 7 And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, 'This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!'
  • Matt 8:20 : 20 Jesus replied, 'Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.'
  • John 5:17-23 : 17 But Jesus answered them, 'My Father is working until now, and I too am working.' 18 Because 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. 19 So Jesus answered them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing by Himself; He only does what He sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does in the same way.' 20 'For the Father loves the Son and shows Him everything that He does. And He will show Him greater works than these, so that you may be amazed.' 21 'Just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever He wills.' 22 'For the Father judges no one, but He has entrusted all judgment to the Son.' 23 'So that everyone may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.'
  • 1 Cor 9:21 : 21 To those without the law, I became like one without the law (not being without God’s law but under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.
  • 1 Cor 16:2 : 2 On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside something, storing up whatever you may have prospered, so that there will be no collections when I come.
  • Rev 1:10 : 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day, and I heard a loud voice behind me, like a trumpet,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 2:27-28
    2 verses
    92%

    27 Then 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.'

  • Luke 6:5-9
    5 verses
    89%

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

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

    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.

    8 But 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.

    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?"

  • Matt 12:9-12
    4 verses
    76%

    9 Departing from there, He went into their synagogue.

    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.

    11 He 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?

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

  • Matt 12:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

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

    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.'

    3 He said to them, 'Have you not read what David did when he and those with him were hungry?

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    14 But 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.'

    15 The 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?

    16 Then 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?

  • 8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

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

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

  • 7 If you had known what these words mean, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent.

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

  • Mark 2:23-24
    2 verses
    72%

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

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

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

  • 4 Then 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.

  • 10 ‘But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,’ he said to the paralyzed man,

  • 5 Then 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?'

  • 12 Observe the Sabbath day to keep it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.

  • 2 Blessed is the person who does this, the one who holds fast to it: keeping the Sabbath without profaning it and guarding their hands from doing any evil.

  • 27 And He has given Him authority to execute judgment because He is the Son of Man.

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

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    10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your livestock, nor any foreigner residing within your gates.

    11 For in six days, the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but He rested on the seventh day. Therefore, the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

  • 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?

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

  • 6 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins—then he said to the paralyzed man—'Get up, take your mat, and go to your home.'

  • John 5:16-18
    3 verses
    70%

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

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

    18 Because 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.

  • 37 David himself calls him 'Lord.' So how can he be his son?' And the large crowd listened to him with delight.

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

  • 12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother.

  • 9 'For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and I tell my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.'

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

  • 35 While teaching in the temple, Jesus asked, 'Why do the scribes say that the Messiah is the son of David?

  • 36 what about the one whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’?

  • 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.

  • 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,

  • 43 He said to them, 'How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him “Lord”?'