Matthew 12:2

But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”

Matthew 12:10

A man was there whose hand was withered. And they asked Jesus, “Is it lawful and permissible to heal on the Sabbath?”—they asked this so that they might accuse Him and bring charges into court.

Exodus 20:9-11

Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

Luke 14:3

And Jesus asked the lawyers and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?”

“Six days [each week] you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall stop [working] so that your ox and your donkey may settle down and rest, and the son of your female servant, as well as your stranger, may be refreshed.

Exodus 31:15-17

For six days work may be done, but the seventh is the Sabbath of complete rest, sacred to the Lord; whoever does work on the Sabbath day must be put to death.

Exodus 35:2

“For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the Lord; whoever does any kind of work on that day shall be put to death.

Numbers 15:32-36

Now while the Israelites were in the wilderness, they found a man who was gathering wood on the Sabbath day.

Isaiah 58:13

“If you turn back your foot from [unnecessary travel on] the Sabbath,
From doing your own pleasure on My holy day,
And call the Sabbath a [spiritual] delight, and the holy day of the Lord honorable,
And honor it, not going your own way
Or engaging in your own pleasure
Or speaking your own [idle] words,

Mark 3:2-5

The Pharisees were watching Jesus closely to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him [in the Jewish high court].

Luke 6:6-11

On another Sabbath He went into the synagogue and taught, and a man was present whose right hand was withered.

Luke 13:10-17

Now Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.

Luke 23:56

Then they went back and prepared spices and ointments and sweet-smelling herbs.

And on the Sabbath they rested in accordance with the commandment [forbidding work].

John 5:9-11

Immediately the man was healed and recovered his strength, and picked up his pallet and walked.

Now that day was the Sabbath.

John 5:16-17

For this reason the Jews began to persecute Jesus continually because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

John 7:21-24

Jesus replied, “I did one work, and you are all astounded.

John 9:14-16

Now it was on a Sabbath day that Jesus made the mud and opened the man’s eyes.

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Matthew 12:2

But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.

Behold

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