At that time Jesus went through the fields on the Sabbath day; and his disciples, being in need of food, were taking the heads of grain.

And there was a man with a dead hand. And they put a question to him, saying, Is it right to make a man well on the Sabbath day? so that they might have something against him.

And he said to them, Which of you, having a sheep, if it gets into a hole on the Sabbath day, will not put out a helping hand and get it back?

Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! For this reason it is right to do good on the Sabbath day.

And it came about that on the Sabbath day he was going through the grain-fields; and while they were walking, his disciples took the heads of grain.

And they were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath day, so that they might have something against him.

And when the Sabbath day had come, he was teaching in the Synagogue; and a number of people hearing him were surprised, saying, From where did this man get these things? and, What is the wisdom given to this man, and what are these works of power done by his hands?

Then they went back to Jerusalem from the mountain named Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.

For the men of Jerusalem and their rulers, having no knowledge of him, or of the sayings of the prophets which come to their ears every Sabbath day, gave effect to them by judging him.

And Paul, as he generally did, went in to them, and on three Sabbath days had discussions with them from the holy Writings,

Now it was the day of getting ready for the Passover, and so that the bodies might not be on the cross on the Sabbath (because the day of that Sabbath was a great day), the Jews made a request to Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

And the ruler of the Synagogue was angry because Jesus had made her well on the Sabbath, and he said to the people, There are six days in which men may do work: so come on those days to be made well, and not on the Sabbath.

And when it was evening, because it was the time of getting ready, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

Now it was the day of making ready and the Sabbath was coming on.

And the man became well straight away, and took up his bed and went. Now that day was the Sabbath.

Now the day on which the earth was mixed by Jesus and the man's eyes were made open was the Sabbath.

Now late on the Sabbath, when the dawn of the first day of the week was near, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the place where his body was.

And he said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;

If a child is given circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?

And say a prayer that your flight may not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath.

And the Pharisees said to him, Why are they doing what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?

So that the Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.

And he said to them, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to put to death? But they said nothing.

So that there is still a Sabbath-keeping for the people of God.

And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of James, and Salome, got spices, so that they might come and put them on him.

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been as a child, and he went, as his way was, into the Synagogue on the Sabbath, and got up to give a reading.

And he came down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee; and he was giving them teaching on the Sabbath.

Now it came about that on the Sabbath he was going through the fields of grain, and his disciples took the heads of the grain for food, crushing them in their hands.

But some of the Pharisees said, Why do you do what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?

And he said, The Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.

And it came about, on another Sabbath, that he went into the Synagogue and was teaching there. And a man was there whose right hand was dead.

And the scribes and Pharisees were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath, so that they might be able to say something against him.

And Jesus said, I put the question to you, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to take it away?

And he was teaching in one of the Synagogues on the Sabbath.

But the Lord gave him an answer and said, O you false men! do you not, every one of you, on the Sabbath, let loose his ox and his ass and take it to the water?

And is it not right for this daughter of Abraham, who has been in the power of Satan for eighteen years, to be made free on the Sabbath?

And it came about that when he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees on the Sabbath, to have a meal, they were watching him.

And Jesus, answering, said to the scribes and Pharisees, Is it right to make people well on the Sabbath or not?

And he said to them, Which of you, whose ox or ass has got into a water-hole, will not straight away get him out on the Sabbath?

And they went back and got ready spices and perfumes; and on the Sabbath they took their rest, in agreement with the law.

So the Jews said to the man who had been made well, It is the Sabbath; and it is against the law for you to take up your bed.

And for this reason the Jews were turned against Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.

For this cause the Jews had an even greater desire to put Jesus to death, because not only did he not keep the Sabbath but he said God was his Father, so making himself equal with God.

Moses gave you circumcision--not that it comes from Moses, but from the fathers--and even on the Sabbath you give a child circumcision.

Then some of the Pharisees said, That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a sinner to do such signs? So there was a division among them.

But they, going through from Perga, came to Antioch in Pisidia; and they went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath and were seated.

And when they went out, they made a request that these words might be said to them again on the Sabbath after.

And on the Sabbath after, almost all the town came together to give hearing to the word of God.