Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?
To save
General references
Bible References
Is it
Luke 14:3
And Jesus asked the lawyers and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?”
Matthew 12:12 How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful and permissible to do good on the Sabbath.”
Mark 3:4
He asked them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save a life or to kill?” But they kept silent.
John 7:19 “Did not Moses give you the Law? And yet not one of you keeps the Law. Why do you want to kill Me [for not keeping it]?”
To save
Luke 9:56 for the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.”] And they journeyed on to another village.
General references
Matthew 23:24 You [spiritually] blind guides, who strain out a gnat [consuming yourselves with miniscule matters] and swallow a camel [ignoring and violating God’s precepts]!
Mark 2:27
Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.