37 Bible Verses about Sabbath, In Nt
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Jesus and his followers traveled to Capernaum. On the day of worship Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach. They were astonished at his doctrine, for he taught with authority and not like the scribes. Suddenly in the synagogue there was a man with an unclean spirit. He screamed:read more.
What do you want with us Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are. You are the Holy One of God! Jesus rebuked the spirit by saying: Be quiet, and come out of him!
Next he traveled to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. There he taught them on the Sabbath day. They were astonished at his teaching for he spoke with authority. A man in the synagogue had a spirit of an unclean demon. He cried out with a loud voice:read more.
What have we to do with you Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are. You are the Holy One of God! Jesus rebuked him, saying: Be quiet and come out of him. When the demon had thrown him down in front of them, he came out of him without harming him.
He left and went into their synagogue. There he saw a man who had a withered hand. They asked him if it is lawful to heal on the Sabbath day? They wanted to accuse him. He said to them: Which of you having one sheep, if this sheep fell into a pit on the Sabbath day, will not get it and lift it out.read more.
How much more value is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day! Then he said to the man: Stretch out your hand. He stretched it out and it was restored whole like the other. The Pharisees left and took counsel against him, to decide how they might destroy him.
He entered the Synagogue again. There was a man there whose hand was withered. They watched to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath day. Then they might have something against him. He said to the man: Get up and come forward.read more.
Then he asked the Pharisees, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? Is it right to give life or to put to death? But they said nothing. He looked at them and was angry. He was also sad on account of their hard hearts. He said to the man: Stretch out your hand. He stretched it out and his hand was healed. The Pharisees went away and immediately conspired with the Herodians. They tried to decide how they might destroy him.
He entered into the synagogue on the Sabbath and taught. There was a man there whose right hand was withered. The scribes and the Pharisees watched to see if he would heal on the Sabbath. They looked for a way to accuse him. He knew their thoughts. So he said to the man that had the withered hand: Stand up and come here. He arose and stepped forward.read more.
Jesus said: I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm? Is it lawful to save a life, or to destroy it? He looked around at everyone and said to the man: Stretch out your hand. And he did so and his hand was restored. They were all very angry and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.
Simon's mother-in-law was in bed with a fever. At once they told Jesus about her. He took her by the hand and helped her sit up. The fever suddenly left. So she got up and prepared a meal for them.
He left the synagogue and went to Simon's house. Simon's mother in law was suffering with a great fever. They asked him to help her. He stood over her and rebuked the fever. It left her and immediately she rose up and ministered to them. When the sun was setting they brought many who were sick of different diseases to him. He laid his hands on every one of them and healed them.
Jesus was teaching in the synagogue on the Sabbath. A woman had an evil spirit that kept her sick for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not stand straight. Jesus called to her: Woman you are free from your sickness!read more.
He touched her and at once she stood straight up and praised God. The official of the synagogue was angry that Jesus healed on the Sabbath. He told the people: There are six days in which we should work. Come during those days and be healed, not on the Sabbath! The Lord answered: You hypocrites! You would untie your ox or your donkey from the stall and take it out to give it water on the Sabbath. Here is a descendant of Abraham whom Satan has kept in bonds for eighteen years. Should she be released on the Sabbath? His answer shamed his enemies. The people rejoiced over the wonderful things he did.
Shortly after that he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees. They were there to eat on the Sabbath. They watched him. There was in his presence a man who had the dropsy (swollen arms and legs). Jesus spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees: Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?read more.
They did not speak. So he held the man and healed him and let him go. He said: Which of you who has an ass or a bull that falls into a well, and will not immediately pull him up on a Sabbath day? Again they could not answer.
A man who had an infirmity for thirty-eight years was present. Jesus saw him lying there. He knew that he had been sick for a long time. So he asked him: Do you want to get well? The sick man replied: I have no man to put me in the pool when the water is stirred. Others step down before I can go.read more.
Jesus said: Arise pick up your bed and walk. Immediately the man was made whole. He picked up his bed and walked. It happened on the Sabbath day. So the Jews told the man who was cured: It is not lawful for you to pickup your bed for it is the Sabbath. He answered: He who made me whole told me to pick up my bed and walk. Who is the man, they asked, that said to you pick up your bed and walk? He did not know who healed him for Jesus quietly left the crowd. Later Jesus found him in the temple and told him: Now that you are healed do not sin anymore and avoid worse things happening to you. The man went away and told the Jews Jesus made him whole. The Jews persecuted Jesus because he did these things on the Sabbath. Jesus responded to them: My Father works until now and I work. The Jews intensified their efforts to kill him for these reasons: he broke the Sabbath and he also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
He saw a man who was blind from birth. His disciples asked him: Rabbi he was born blind. Who sinned, this man or his parents? Jesus answered: This man did not sin. Neither did his parents sin. The works of God should be made known in him.read more.
We must work the works of him that sent me while it is day. When the night comes no man can work. When I am in the world, I am the light of the world. He spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle. Then he anointed the eyes of the blind with the clay. He told him: Go wash in the pool of Siloam. He went there and washed. And he could see! The neighbors saw him afterwards. They knew he was a blind beggar. So they asked: Is this he who sat and begged? Others said: It is he. Yet others said: No, but he is like him. He said: I am he! How were your eyes opened? They asked. He answered: The man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed my eyes. Then he told me to go to Siloam and wash. I went there and washed, and I received sight. They inquired asked: Where is he? He responded: I do not know. They brought the former blind man to the Pharisees. Jesus healed the blind man on the Sabbath day. The Pharisees asked him how he received his sight. He said to them: He put clay on my eyes, I washed and now I see. Some of the Pharisees said: This man is not from God, because he does not keep the Sabbath. Others said: How could a man that is a sinner perform such signs? There was division among them.
Jesus taught in the synagogue on the Sabbath. Many were astonished when they heard him. They asked: Where did this man get these things? What is the wisdom given to this man and how did he perform these mighty works by his hands?
He went to his own country and taught in the synagogue. They were astonished and asked where this man got this wisdom and these mighty works.
Then he returned to Nazareth the place where he was raised. He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath day. This was his custom. There he stood up to read.
Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.
After Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices so they could anoint him.
The women from Galilee went with him to see the tomb and the place for the body. They returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.
The Sabbath was made for man, said Jesus, and not man for the Sabbath. The Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.
He replied to them: Have you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
Have you read the law that on the Sabbath day the priests in the Temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless? I say to you, one greater than the Temple is here.
He continued: The Son of man is lord of the Sabbath.
Paul went in, for it was his custom. He reasoned with them from the Scriptures for three Sabbath days.
When they left Perga, they went to Antioch in Pisidia. They went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and sat down.
On the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to the river where we thought there was a place of prayer. We sat down and spoke to the women who gathered there.
Let no man judge you in food or in drink or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day.
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day when I heard a strong voice behind me. It sounded like a trumpet.
It was evening of the first day of the week. The disciples shut the doors where they stayed for fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them: May you have Peace.
On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul spoke to them. Intending to depart the next morning he prolonged his speech until midnight.
On one day of the week let every one of you set something aside, as God has prospered you, that there be no contributions collected when I come. (Greek: heis, number one)
While the promise of entering his rest remains, let us fear that one of you might come up short and not enter.
Who did God swear would never enter his rest? He was talking about those who did not obey him. We see that they could not enter in on account of a lack of faith (unbelief) (disobedience).
