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And they entered into Capernaum; and immediately on the sabbath going into the synagogue, he taught. And they were struck with astonishment at his doctrine; for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,read more.
saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be silent, and come out of him.
And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the sabbath. And they were struck with astonishment at his teaching; for his discourse was with authority. And there was in the synagogue a man, who had a spirit of an unclean devil, and he roared out with a great cry,read more.
saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, Jesus the Nazarean? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God. And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Stop thy mouth, and come out of him. And the devil throwing him down into the midst, came out of him, doing him no injury.
And going on from thence, he came into their synagogue; and, behold a man was there who had a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on sabbath days? that they might accuse him. Then he said to them; What man of you is there who hath one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath, doth he not lay hold on him, and lift him out?read more.
Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath days. Then saith he to the man, Stretch out thy hand; and he stretched it out, and it was restored, sound as the other. Then the Pharisees went out, and held a consultation against him, how they might make away with him.
AND he entered again into the synagogue; and a man was there who had a withered hand. And they watched him if he would cure him on the sabbath; that they might accuse him. And he saith to the man who had the withered hand, Rise up in the midst.read more.
And he saith to them, Is it lawful on the sabbath day to do good, or to do evil, to preserve life, or to kill? but they were silent. Then looking round about on them with indignation, exceedingly grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith to the man, Stretch out thine hand; and he stretched it out: and his hand was restored sound as the other. And the Pharisees instantly going out, held a council with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
And it came to pass on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and a man was there, and his right hand was shrunk. Then the scribes and Pharisees watched him, if he would heal on the sabbath-day, that they might find an accusation against him. Now he knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand, Rise, and stand in the midst. And he arose, and stood up.read more.
Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you a question; Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath-day, or to do evil? to preserve life or to destroy it? And looking round upon them all, he said to the man, Stretch out thine hand; and he did so: and his hand was restored sound as the other. But they were filled with madness, and talked earnestly to each other what they could do to Jesus.
But Simon's wife's mother lay in a fever, and immediately they informed him of her. And he came and raised her up, and the fever left her immediately, and she waited upon them.
Then rising up out of the synagogue, he came into the house of Simon: and Simon's mother-in-law was seized with a violent fever, and they besought him on her behalf. And standing over her, he charged the fever [to depart]; and it left her: and immediately she arose, and waited upon them. So when the sun was set, all who had any indisposed with various diseases, brought them to him; and laying his hands severally on each of them, he cured them.
And he was teaching in one of the synagogues, on the sabbath. And, behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and unable to raise herself at all up. But when Jesus saw her, he called out aloud, and said to her, Woman, thou art delivered from thine infirmity.read more.
And he laid his hands upon her: and instantly she became erect, and glorified God. Then the ruler of the synagogue, indignant, that on the sabbath Jesus had performed the cure, addressing himself to the multitude, said, There are six days in which work is to be done: on these therefore come and be cured, and not on the sabbath-day. Then the Lord answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not every one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the manger, and lead him to water? And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day? And when he had made this speech, all his opposers were covered with shame: and all the multitude rejoiced in all the glorious things which were done by him.
AND it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the principal Pharisees, to eat bread on the sabbath, that they were watchfully observant of him. And, behold, there was a certain man who had a dropsy, before him. And Jesus addressing himself to the teachers of the law and the Pharisees, spake, saying, Is it lawful to perform cures on the sabbath?read more.
And they said nothing. And he took him, and healed him, and sent him away; and addressing them, said, Whose ass or ox is fallen into a pit, and doth he not immediately pull him out on the sabbath-day? And they were unable to answer him in opposition to these things.
And there was a certain man there, who had a complaint of thirty years standing. Jesus seeing him laid there, and knowing that he had been so for a long while, saith to him, Wilt thou be made sound? The infirm man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is disturbed, to cast me into the pool: but when I am coming, another goeth down before me.read more.
Jesus saith to him, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk. And instantly the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked away: and that day was the sabbath. The Jews therefore said to him that was cured, It is the sabbath: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. He answered them, He that made me whole, the same person said to me, Take up thy bed, and walk. Then they asked him, Who is the man that said to thee, Take up thy bed, and walk? Now he that was cured knew not who he was: for Jesus had slipped away, a crowd being on the spot. After these things Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Take care; thou art made whole: sin no more, lest something worse befall thee. The man went, and informed the Jews, that it was Jesus who had made him whole. And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he had done these things on the sabbath-day. Then Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. Therefore sought they the more to kill him, because he had not only broken the sabbath, but called God his own Father, setting himself on an equality with God.
AND as he passed along, he saw a man blind from his birth. And his disciples inquired of him, saying, Rabbi, who was in fault, this man or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath this man been in fault, nor his parents; but it is in order to make manifest the works of God in him.read more.
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night is coming, when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. So speaking, he spat on the ground, and made mud with the spittle, and anointed with the mud the eyes of the blind man; and said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which signifies, Sent.) Then he went and washed, and came seeing. The neighbours therefore, and they who saw him formerly, that he was blind, said, Is not this the man who was sitting and begging? Some said, That this is he: but others, That he is like him: he himself said, I am he. When said they to him, How were thine eyes opened? he answered and said, A man called Jesus made mud, and anointed my eyes, and said to me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: then I went, and washing received sight. They said to him, Where is he? He replied, I know not. They brought him to the Pharisees, who had before been blind. (Now it was the sabbath-day when Jesus made the mud, and opened his eyes.) The Pharisees therefore questioned him again, How he had received sight? And he told them, He put mud upon my eyes, and I washed, and do see. Then said certain of the Pharisees, This man is not from God, because he observeth not the sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a wicked man to do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
And when the sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many when they heard him were amazed, saying, Whence hath this man these things? and what is the wisdom given to him, that even such miracles are done by his hands?
And coming into his own country, taught them in their synagogues, so that they were exceedingly struck, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these miracles?
And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up; and he went, according to his usual custom, into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, and rose up to read.
NOW after the eve of the sabbath, as the light was dawning, towards the first day of the week, Mary Magdalen had come, and the other Mary, to view the sepulchre.
AND when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, purchased aromatics, that they might come, and anoint him.
Then the women also, his attendants, who had followed him out of Galilee, observed the sepulchre, and how his corpse was laid out. And returning, they made preparation of aromatics and unguents; and they rested the sabbath-day, according to the commandment.
Therefore they made him a supper there; and Martha waited: but Lazarus was one of those who sat at table with him.
Then they returned unto Jerusalem, from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, about a sabbath-day's journey distant.
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath. Wherefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
And he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they who were with him?
Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are not culpable? Now I tell you, That one greater than the temple is here.
And Paul, according to his usual custom, went in to them, and for three sabbaths he reasoned with them from the scriptures,
And they departed from Perga, and came to Antioch in Pisidia, and entering into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, they sat down.
For Moses for ages past in every city hath those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath-day.
And on the sabbath-day we went forth out of the city to the river side, where an oratory was by custom established; and sitting down, we spoke to the women who there assembled.
and he discoursed in the synagogue every sabbath-day, and persuaded both the Jews and the Greek proselytes.
Let no man therefore judge you concerning what you eat, or what you drink, or the observance of a feast, or new moon, or the sabbaths;
I was [rapt] in spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice as of a trumpet,
When the evening therefore was come, on the same first day of the week, and the doors being fastened where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said unto them, Peace be to you.
And on the first day of the week, when the disciples were assembled to break bread, Paul preached unto them (ready to depart on the morrow), and extended his discourse until midnight.
On the first day of the week let every one of you set apart with himself, treasuring it up, whatsoever he may please to give, that when I come there may be then no gatherings.
LET us fear then lest, though a promise be left of entering into his rest, any one of you should appear to fail of obtaining it.
And to whom did he swear that they should not enter into his rest, but to those who did not believe? So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
