And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up; and he went, according to his usual custom, into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, and rose up to read.

Then said some of the Pharisees unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful on the sabbath-day?

And he said, The Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath-day.

Then the scribes and Pharisees watched him, if he would heal on the sabbath-day, that they might find an accusation against him.

Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you a question; Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath-day, or to do evil? to preserve life or to destroy it?

Then the ruler of the synagogue, indignant, that on the sabbath Jesus had performed the cure, addressing himself to the multitude, said, There are six days in which work is to be done: on these therefore come and be cured, and not on the sabbath-day.

And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day?

and addressing them, said, Whose ass or ox is fallen into a pit, and doth he not immediately pull him out on the sabbath-day?

And returning, they made preparation of aromatics and unguents; and they rested the sabbath-day, according to the commandment.