And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And, as His custom was, He went in to the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up to read.

And He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.

And certain of the Pharisees said to them, Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?

And the scribes and Pharisees watched him to see if He would heal on the sabbath day, so that they might find an accusation against Him.

Then Jesus said to them, I will ask you one thing: Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil, to save life, or to destroy it?

And answering, the synagogue ruler, being angry because Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, said to the crowd, There are six days in which it is right to work. Therefore in them come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan has bound, lo these eighteen years, be loosened from this bond on the Sabbath day?

And as He went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, it happened that they watched Him.

And answering, Jesus spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

And He answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a pit and will not immediately pull him out on the sabbath day?

And they returned and they prepared spices and ointment. And they rested on the sabbath day according to the commandment.

And that day was the Preparation, and the sabbath drew on.