John 7:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?

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  • Matt 12:5 : 5 Or have you not read in the law, how on the Sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?
  • John 5:8-9 : 8 Jesus said to him, 'Rise, take up your bed, and walk.' 9 And immediately the man was made whole, took up his bed, and walked. And on that day was the Sabbath.
  • Matt 12:2 : 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, Look, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day.

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  • John 7:21-22
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    21Jesus answered and said to them, I have done one work, and you all marvel.

    22Moses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

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    14And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, and said to the people, There are six days on 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, You hypocrite, does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water?

    16And should not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, indeed these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?

  • 3And Jesus answered, speaking to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

  • 24Judge not according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.

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

    11And he said to them, What man among you, who has one sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, will not lay hold of it, and lift it out?

    12How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep? Therefore, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath days.

    13Then he said to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out, and it was restored as whole as the other.

  • Mark 3:4-5
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    4And he said to them, Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath days, or to do evil? To save life, or to kill? But they remained silent.

    5And when he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other.

  • Mark 2:23-24
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    23And it happened that he went through the grain fields on the Sabbath, and his disciples began to pluck the heads of grain as they went.

    24And the Pharisees said to him, Look, why do they do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?

  • Luke 6:5-10
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    5And he said to them, The Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath.

    6And it also happened 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 who had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he rose and stood forth.

    9Then said Jesus to 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?

    10And looking around upon them all, he said to the man, Stretch forth your hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

  • Luke 6:1-2
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    1And it happened on the second Sabbath after the first, that he went through the grain fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of grain, and ate, rubbing them in their hands.

    2And some of the Pharisees said to them, Why do you do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath days?

  • 19Did not Moses give you the law, yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?

  • John 5:9-11
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    9And immediately the man was made whole, took up his bed, and walked. And on that day was the Sabbath.

    10The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, 'It is the Sabbath day; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.'

    11He answered them, 'He who made me whole said to me,

  • Matt 12:1-2
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    1At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the heads of grain and to eat.

    2But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, Look, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day.

  • 16Therefore some of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he does not keep the Sabbath day. Others said, How can a man who is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

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

    28Therefore, the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath.

  • 8For the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath day.

  • 5Or have you not read in the law, how on the Sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?

  • Mark 3:1-2
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    1And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there who had a withered hand.

    2And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.

  • Rom 2:25-27
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    25For circumcision truly profits if you keep the law: but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision is made uncircumcision.

    26Therefore if the uncircumcised keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?

    27And shall not the uncircumcised which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who by the letter and circumcision transgress the law?

  • 18Was anyone called while circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.

  • 14And it was the Sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

  • 5Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?

  • 5And answered them, saying, Which of you, having a donkey or an ox fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the sabbath day?

  • 10And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.

  • 13Making the word of God of no effect through your tradition, which you have handed down; and you do many similar things.