Matthew 12:8

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 6:5 : 5 And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
  • Matt 9:6 : 6 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
  • Mark 2:28 : 28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
  • Mark 9:4-7 : 4 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus. 5 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. 6 For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid. 7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
  • Matt 8:20 : 20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air 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 hitherto, and I work. 18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. 19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. 20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. 21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. 22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: 23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
  • 1 Cor 9:21 : 21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the 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 every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
  • Rev 1:10 : 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a gat voice, as of a trumpet,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 2:27-28
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    27And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

    28Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

  • Luke 6:5-9
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    5And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

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

    7And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.

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

    9Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?

  • Matt 12:9-12
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    9And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:

    10And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.

    11And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it 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 better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

  • Matt 12:1-3
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    1At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.

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

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

  • Luke 13:14-16
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    14And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

    15The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, 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 hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

  • Exod 20:8
    73%

    8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

  • Luke 6:2
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    2And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?

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

  • Matt 12:7
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    7But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

  • Luke 14:3
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    3And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

  • Mark 2:23-24
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    23And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.

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

  • Matt 12:5
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    5Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

  • Mark 3:4
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    4And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

  • Mark 2:10
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    10But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)

  • Luke 14:5
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    5And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?

  • Deut 5:12
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    12Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath command thee.

  • Isa 56:2
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    2Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

  • John 5:27
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    27And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

  • John 5:9
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    9And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.

  • Exod 20:10-11
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    71%

    10But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

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

  • John 7:23
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    23If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?

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

  • John 5:16-18
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    16And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

    17But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

    18Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

  • Mark 12:37
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    37David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.

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

  • Mark 7:12
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    12And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;

  • Matt 8:9
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    9For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, 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, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

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

  • John 10:36
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    36Say ye of him, whom the Father hath 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 the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant 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, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

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    43He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,