27 Bible Verses about The Sabbath And Christ
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But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!”
The Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”
But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”
Or haven’t you read in the Law that on Sabbath days the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath and are innocent?
so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It’s illegal for you to pick up your mat.”
But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, responded by telling the crowd, “There are six days when work should be done; therefore come on those days and be healed and not on the Sabbath day.”
There He saw a man who had a paralyzed hand. And in order to accuse Him they asked Him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
In response, Jesus asked the law experts and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”
In order to accuse Him, they were watching Him closely to see whether He would heal him on the Sabbath.
The scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely, to see if He would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a charge against Him.
Instantly the man got well, picked up his mat, and started to walk.
Now that day was the Sabbath,
Therefore, the Jews began persecuting Jesus because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.
This is why the Jews began trying all the more to kill Him: Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He doesn’t keep the Sabbath!” But others were saying, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was a division among them.
Then He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do what is good or to do what is evil, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent.
Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do what is good or to do what is evil, to save life or to destroy it?”
But He said to them, “What man among you, if he had a sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, wouldn’t take hold of it and lift it out?
But the Lord answered him and said, “Hypocrites! Doesn’t each one of you untie his ox or donkey from the feeding trough on the Sabbath and lead it to water?
And to them, He said, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a well, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?”
If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses won’t be broken, are you angry at Me because I made a man entirely well on the Sabbath?
A man is worth far more than a sheep, so it is lawful to do what is good on the Sabbath.”
Therefore, don’t let anyone judge you in regard to food and drink or in the matter of a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day.
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