27 Bible Verses about The Sabbath And Christ

But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, Behold, thy disciples do a thing that it is not lawful to do on the sabbath.

And the Pharisees said to him, See, why are they doing on the sabbath, what is not lawful?

Then said some of the Pharisees unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful on the sabbath-day?

Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are not culpable?

The Jews therefore said to him that was cured, It is the sabbath: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.

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.

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.

And Jesus addressing himself to the teachers of the law and the Pharisees, spake, saying, Is it lawful to perform cures on the sabbath?

And they watched him if he would cure him on the sabbath; that they might accuse him.

Then the scribes and Pharisees watched him, if he would heal on the sabbath-day, that they might find an accusation against him.

And instantly the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked away: and that day was the sabbath.

And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he had done these things on the sabbath-day.

(Now it was the sabbath-day when Jesus made the mud, and opened his eyes.)

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.

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 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 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?

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?

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 addressing them, said, Whose ass or ox is fallen into a pit, and doth he not immediately pull him out on the sabbath-day?

If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath-day, that the law of Moses should not be violated; are ye incensed against me, because I have made a man whole on the sabbath-day?

Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath days.

And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath.

For the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

Wherefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

And he said, The Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath-day.

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;