Matthew 12:8
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 paralytic–“Stand up, take your stretcher, and go home.”
- Mark 2:28 : 28 For this reason the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”
- Mark 9:4-7 : 4 Then Elijah appeared before them along with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. 5 So Peter said to Jesus,“Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters– one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” 6 (For they were afraid, and he did not know what to say.) 7 Then a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came from the cloud,“This is my one dear Son. Listen to him!”
- Matt 8:20 : 20 Jesus said to him,“Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
- John 5:17-23 : 17 So he told them,“My Father is working until now, and I too am working.” 18 For this reason the Jewish leaders were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God. 19 So Jesus answered them,“I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do nothing on his own initiative, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he does, and will show him greater deeds than these, so that you will be amazed. 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes. 22 Furthermore, the Father does not judge anyone, but has assigned all judgment to the Son, 23 so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
- 1 Cor 9:21 : 21 To those free from the law I became like one free from the law(though I am not free from God’s law but under the law of Christ) to gain those free from the law.
- 1 Cor 16:2 : 2 On the first day of the week, each of you should set aside some income and save it to the extent that God has blessed you, so that a collection will not have to be made when I come.
- Rev 1:10 : 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day when I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
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- Mark 2:27-282 verses92%
27Then he said to them,“The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath.
28For this reason the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”
- Luke 6:5-95 verses89%
5Then he said to them,“The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”
6Healing a Withered Hand On another Sabbath, Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching. Now a man was there whose right hand was withered.
7The experts in the law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a reason to accuse him.
8But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand,“Get up and stand here.” So he rose and stood there.
9Then Jesus said to them,“I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy it?”
- Matt 12:9-124 verses76%
9Then Jesus left that place and entered their synagogue.
10A man was there who had a withered hand. And they asked Jesus,“Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” so that they could accuse him.
11He said to them,“Would not any one of you, if he had one sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, take hold of it and lift it out?
12How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”
- Matt 12:1-33 verses76%
1Lord of the Sabbath At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on a Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pick heads of wheat and eat them.
2But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him,“Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath.”
3He said to them,“Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry–
- Luke 13:14-163 verses74%
14But the president of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd,“There are six days on which work should be done! So come and be healed on those days, and not on the Sabbath day.”
15Then the Lord answered him,“You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from its stall, and lead it to water?
16Then shouldn’t this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be released from this imprisonment on the Sabbath day?”
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8“Remember the Sabbath day to set it apart as holy.
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2But some of the Pharisees said,“Why are you doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?”
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10Healing on the Sabbath Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath,
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7If you had known what this means:‘I want mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
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3So Jesus asked the experts in religious law and the Pharisees,“Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”
- Mark 2:23-242 verses72%
23Lord of the Sabbath Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples began to pick some heads of wheat as they made their way.
24So the Pharisees said to him,“Look, why are they doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?”
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5Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?
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4Then he said to them,“Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath, or evil, to save a life or destroy it?” But they were silent.
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10But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,”– he said to the paralytic–
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5Then he said to them,“Which of you, if you have a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?”
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12Be careful to observe the Sabbath day just as the LORD your God has commanded you.
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2The people who do this will be blessed, the people who commit themselves to obedience, who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it, who refrain from doing anything that is wrong.
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27and he has granted the Son authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.
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9Immediately the man was healed, and he picked up his mat and started walking.(Now that day was a Sabbath.)
- Exod 20:10-112 verses71%
10but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God; on it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, or your male servant, or your female servant, or your cattle, or the resident foreigner who is in your gates.
11For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, and he rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
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23But if a male child is circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses is not broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?
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2They watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they could accuse him.
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6But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”– then he said to the paralytic–“Stand up, take your stretcher, and go home.”
- John 5:16-183 verses70%
16Responding to Jewish Leaders Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began persecuting him.
17So he told them,“My Father is working until now, and I too am working.”
18For this reason the Jewish leaders were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God.
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37If David himself calls him‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?” And the large crowd was listening to him with delight.
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14(Now the day on which Jesus made the mud and caused him to see was a Sabbath.)
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12then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother.
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9For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one,‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave‘Do this!’ and he does it.”
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1Healing Again on the Sabbath Now one Sabbath when Jesus went to dine at the house of a leader of the Pharisees, they were watching him closely.
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35The Messiah: David’s Son and Lord While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he said,“How is it that the experts in the law say that the Christ is David’s son?
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36do you say about the one whom the Father set apart and sent into the world,‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said,‘I am the Son of God’?
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14but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. On that day you must not do any work, you, your son, your daughter, your male slave, your female slave, your ox, your donkey, any other animal, or the resident foreigner who lives with you, so that your male and female slaves, like yourself, may have rest.
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13You must observe the Sabbath rather than doing anything you please on my holy day. You must look forward to the Sabbath and treat the LORD’s holy day with respect. You must treat it with respect by refraining from your normal activities, and by refraining from your selfish pursuits and from making business deals.
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43He said to them,“How then does David by the Spirit call him‘Lord,’ saying,