Although it was now evening, yet since it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

Then He said to them, "The Sabbath was made to serve man and not man to keep the Sabbath.

When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue. And the people were dumbfounded when they heard Him, and said, "Where did He get all these things? What sort of wisdom is it that has been given Him? And such mighty deeds are done by Him!

They went into Capernaum, and as soon as the first Sabbath came, He went into the synagogue and began to teach.

On the Sabbath He was passing through the wheat fields, and His disciples started to make a path by pulling off the wheat heads.

So the Pharisees were saying to Him, "Just look! Why are they doing on the Sabbath what it is against the law to do?"

So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."

And they kept closely watching Him, to see whether He would cure him on the Sabbath, to get a charge to bring against Him.

Then He asked them, "Is it right to do people good on the Sabbath, or to do them evil, to save life or to take it?" But they had nothing to say.

When the Sabbath had ended, Mary of Magdala, Mary, James's mother, and Salome bought spices to go and anoint Him.