Mark 3:4

World English Bible (2000)

He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?" But they were silent.

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  • Luke 6:9 : 9 Then Jesus said to them, "I will ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?"
  • Luke 13:13-17 : 13 He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight, and glorified God. 14 The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, "There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!" 15 Therefore the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Doesn't each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water? 16 Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?" 17 As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed, and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
  • Luke 14:1-5 : 1 It happened, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him. 2 Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him. 3 Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?" 4 But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go. 5 He answered them, "Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn't immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?"
  • Hos 6:6 : 6 For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
  • Matt 12:10-12 : 10 And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?" that they might accuse him. 11 He said to them, "What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won't he grab on to it, and lift it out? 12 Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day."
  • Mark 2:27-28 : 27 He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 28 Therefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath."
  • Mark 9:34 : 34 But they were silent, for they had disputed one with another on the way about who was the greatest.

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  • Luke 6:5-10
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    5 He said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."

    6 It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and taught. There was a man there, and his right hand was withered.

    7 The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him.

    8 But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Rise up, and stand in the middle." He arose and stood.

    9 Then Jesus said to them, "I will ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?"

    10 He looked around at them all, and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He did, and his hand was restored as sound as the other.

  • Luke 14:3-5
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    3 Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"

    4 But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.

    5 He answered them, "Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn't immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?"

  • Mark 3:5-6
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    5 When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other.

    6 The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

  • Matt 12:8-13
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    8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."

    9 He departed there, and went into their synagogue.

    10 And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?" that they might accuse him.

    11 He said to them, "What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won't he grab on to it, and lift it out?

    12 Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day."

    13 Then he told the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out; and it was restored whole, just like the other.

  • Mark 3:1-3
    3 verses
    82%

    1 He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had his hand withered.

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

    3 He said to the man who had his hand withered, "Stand up."

  • Mark 2:23-25
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    23 It happened that he was going on the Sabbath day through the grain fields, and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain.

    24 The Pharisees said to him, "Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?"

    25 He said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry--he, and those who were with him?

  • Luke 6:1-2
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    78%

    1 Now it happened on the second Sabbath after the first, that he was going through the grain fields. His disciples plucked the heads of grain, and ate, rubbing them in their hands.

    2 But some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?"

  • Matt 12:1-3
    3 verses
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    1 At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.

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

    3 But he said to them, "Haven't you read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him;

  • Luke 13:14-16
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    77%

    14 The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, "There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!"

    15 Therefore the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Doesn't each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water?

    16 Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?"

  • John 7:23
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    23 If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me, because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?

  • Matt 15:3
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    3 He answered them, "Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

  • Matt 9:3-4
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    3 Behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man blasphemes."

    4 Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts?

  • Luke 20:26
    73%

    26 They weren't able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer, and were silent.

  • Matt 12:5
    72%

    5 Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day, the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?

  • Mark 9:16
    72%

    16 He asked the scribes, "What are you asking them?"

  • Mark 2:7-9
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    72%

    7 "Why does this man speak blasphemies like that? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

    8 Immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them, "Why do you reason these things in your hearts?

    9 Which is easier, to tell the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven;' or to say, 'Arise, and take up your bed, and walk?'

  • Luke 14:1
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    1 It happened, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.

  • Luke 13:10
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    10 He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day.

  • Mark 2:27
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    27 He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

  • John 5:10
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    10 So the Jews said to him who was cured, "It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat."

  • John 9:16
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    16 Some therefore of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, because he doesn't keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" There was division among them.

  • Mark 7:5
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    5 The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why don't your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"

  • Luke 5:17
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    17 It happened on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was with him to heal them.

  • Luke 22:51
    70%

    51 But Jesus answered, "Let me at least do this"--and he touched his ear, and healed him.

  • Luke 5:22
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    22 But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, "Why are you reasoning so in your hearts?