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And they enter Capernaum; and immediately on the sabbath he was teaching in the synagogue. And they were astonished at his teaching; for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes. And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,read more.
saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? Thou hast come to destroy us; we know 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 astonished at his teaching; for his word was with authority. And in the synagogue there was a man having a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,read more.
Ha! what have we to do with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? Thou hast come to destroy us. I know who thou art, the Holy One of God. And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be silent, and come out of him. And the demon threw him down in the midst, and came out of him, having done him no hurt.
And departing thence, he went into their synagogue. And, lo! there was a man having a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath? that they might accuse him. And he said to them, Who of you that owneth one sheep, if it fall into a pit on the sabbath, will not lay hold of it, and lift it out?read more.
Of how much more worth now is a man than a sheep! So then it is lawful to do well on the sabbath. Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored sound as the other. Then the Pharisees went out, and consulted together against him, how they might destroy him.
And he entered again into a synagogue; and there was a man there having a withered hand; and they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath, that they might accuse him. And he saith to the man having the withered hand, Stand up in the midst.read more.
And he saith to them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they were silent. And looking round on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth; and his hand was restored. And the Pharisees went forth, and immediately had a consultation 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 there was a man there whose right hand was withered. And the scribes and the Pharisees were watching whether he would heal on the sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him. But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man having the withered hand, Rise, and stand up in the midst. And he arose, and stood up.read more.
And Jesus said to them, I ask you whether it is lawful on the sabbath to do good, or to do evil; to save life, or to kill? And looking round on them all, he said to him, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so; and his hand was restored. But they were filled with madness, and conferred with one another as to what they should do to Jesus.
And Simons wifes mother lay sick of a fever; and they immediately speak to him about her. And he went to her, and took her by the hand, and raised her up; and the fever left her, and she waited on them.
And he arose and went from the synagogue into the house of Simon. And Simons wifes mother was seized with a great fever; and they besought him for her. And standing over her, he rebuked the fever, and it left her. And immediately she arose and waited on them. And when the sun was setting, all who had any sick with divers diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And lo! there was a woman who had had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years; and she was bent together, and wholly unable to lift herself up. And Jesus, seeing her, called to her, and said to her, Woman, thou art set free from thy infirmity.read more.
And he laid his hands on her; and immediately she stood upright, and gave glory to God. But the ruler of the synagogue answering, being filled with indignation because Jesus had performed a cure on the sabbath, said to the multitude, There are six days in which it is proper to work; on those therefore come and be cured, and not on the sabbathday. But the Lord answered him and said, Hypocrites, doth not each of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away and water him? And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo! for eighteen years, to be loosed from this bond on the sabbathday? And on his speaking thus, all his adversaries were ashamed; and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
And it came to pass, when he had come into the house of one of the chief men of the Pharisees on the sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him. And lo! there was a certain man before him, who had the dropsy. And Jesus answering spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath, or not?read more.
But they were silent. And taking hold of him, he cured him, and sent him away. And he answered them and said, Who is there of you, who, if his son or his ox fall into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the sabbathday? And they could make no answer to this.
And a certain man was there, who had had his infirmity thirtyeight years. Jesus saw this man lying there, and knowing that he had been for a long time diseased, saith to him, Dost thou wish to be made well? The diseased man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool; but while I am coming, another goeth down before me.read more.
Jesus saith to him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. And immediately the man was made well, and took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the sabbath. The Jews therefore said to him that was cured, It is the sabbath; and it is not lawful for thee to take up the bed. He answered them, He that made me well, the same said to me, Take up thy bed, and walk. T hey asked him, Who is the man that said to thee, Take up, and walk? But the diseased man knew not who it was; for Jesus had withdrawn himself, there being a crowd in the place. Afterwards Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, thou art made well; sin no more, lest something worse befall thee. The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. And on this account the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath. But he answered them, My Father is working up to this time, and I work. On this account the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath, but also said that God was his own Father, making himself equal with God.
And as he was passing along, he saw a man who had been blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither did this man sin, nor his parents; but that the works of God might be made manifest in him.read more.
We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day; the night is coming, when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. Having thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay with the spittle, and anointed his eyes with the clay, and said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam; (which is, when translated, Sent.) He went away therefore, and washed and came seeing. The neighbors therefore, and they who before had seen him as a beggar, said, Is not this he that sits and begs? Some said, This is he. Others said, No, but he is like him. He said, I am he. They said therefore to him How then were thine eyes opened? He answered, The man who is called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes, and said to me, Go to Siloam, and wash. I went therefore and washed, and received sight. And they said to him, Where is that man? He saith, I do not know. They bring to the Pharisees him who had once been blind. And the day on which Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes was the sabbath. Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, He put clay on my eyes, and I washed them, and I see. Therefore some of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he keepeth not the sabbath. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such signs. And there was a division among them.
And when the sabbath was come, he began to teach in the synagogue. And most people when they heard him were astonished, saying, Whence hath this man these things? And what is the wisdom which is given him? And how is it that such miracles are wrought by his hands?
And having come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and the miracles?
And he came to Nazara, where he had been brought up, and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbathday; and stood up to read.
And the sabbath being over, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, to view the sepulchre.
And when the sabbath was past, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.
And the women also, who had come with him from Galilee, followed after, and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid. And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and on the sabbath they rested, according to the commandment.
They made therefore a supper for him there, and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of those who reclined at the table with him.
Then they returned to Jerusalem, from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, within a sabbathdays journey.
And he said to them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath. So that the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath.
But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did, when he and those who were with him were hungry?
Or have ye not read in the Law, that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? But I say to you, that something greater than the temple is here.
And Paul, as his custom was, went in among them, and for three sabbaths discoursed to them out of the Scriptures,
And they, going on from Perga, came to Antioch in Pisidia; and they went into the synagogue on the sabbathday, and sat down.
For Moses from the times of old hath had in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath.
And on the sabbathday we went forth out of the gate to a riverside, where was wont to be a place of prayer, and we sat down, and spoke to the women who had assembled.
And he discoursed in the synagogue every sabbath, and endeavored to persuade both Jews and Greeks.
Let no one then call you to account about food or drink, or a feastday, or a new moon, or sabbaths;
I was in the Spirit on the Lords day; and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet,
When therefore it was evening on that day, which was the first day of the week, and the doors where the disciples were had been shut for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, Peace be to you!
And on the first day of the week, when we had assembled to break bread, Paul discoursed to them, being about to depart on the morrow, and continued the discourse until midnight.
Every first day of the week let each of you lay by him something in store, according as he hath prospered; that the collections may not have to be made when I come.
Let us then fear, since a promise is still left us of entering into his rest, lest 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, except to those who were disobedient? So then we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.