27 Bible Verses about The Sabbath And Christ

and the Pharisees having seen, said to him, 'Lo, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on a sabbath.'

and the Pharisees said to him, 'Lo, why do they on the sabbaths that which is not lawful?'

and certain of the Pharisees said to them, 'Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbaths?'

'Or did ye not read in the Law, that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple do profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

the Jews then said to him that hath been healed, 'It is a sabbath; it is not lawful to thee to take up the couch.'

And the chief of the synagogue answering -- much displeased that on the sabbath Jesus healed -- said to the multitude, 'Six days there are in which it behoveth us to be working; in these, then, coming, be healed, and not on the sabbath-day.'

and lo, there was a man having the hand withered, and they questioned him, saying, 'Is it lawful to heal on the sabbaths?' that they might accuse him.

and Jesus answering spake to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, 'Is it lawful on the sabbath-day to heal?'

and they were watching him, whether on the sabbaths he will heal him, that they might accuse him.

and the scribes and the Pharisees were watching him, if on the sabbath he will heal, that they might find an accusation against him.

and immediately the man became whole, and he took up his couch, and was walking, and it was a sabbath on that day,

and because of this were the Jews persecuting Jesus, and seeking to kill him, because these things he was doing on a sabbath.

and it was a sabbath when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

because of this, then, were the Jews seeking the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the sabbath, but he also called God his own Father, making himself equal to God.

Of the Pharisees, therefore, certain said, 'This man is not from God, because the sabbath he doth not keep;' others said, 'How is a man -- a sinful one -- able to do such signs?' and there was a division among them.

And he saith to them, 'Is it lawful on the sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? life to save, or to kill?' but they were silent.

Then said Jesus unto them, 'I will question you something: Is it lawful on the sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? life to save or to kill?'

And he said to them, 'What man shall be of you, who shall have one sheep, and if this may fall on the sabbaths into a ditch, will not lay hold on it and raise it?

Then the Lord answered him and said, 'Hypocrite, doth not each of you on the sabbath loose his ox or ass from the stall, and having led away, doth water it?

and answering them he said, 'Of which of you shall an ass or ox fall into a pit, and he will not immediately draw it up on the sabbath-day?'

if a man doth receive circumcision on a sabbath that the law of Moses may not be broken, are ye wroth with me that I made a man all whole on a sabbath?

How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep? -- so that it is lawful on the sabbaths to do good.'

And he said to them, 'The sabbath for man was made, not man for the sabbath,

for the son of man is lord even of the sabbath.'

so that the son of man is lord also of the sabbath.'

and he said to them, -- 'The Son of Man is lord also of the sabbath.'

Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths,