Matthew 12:2

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Matthew 12:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.

2 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”

3 Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

4 He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.

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Matthew 12:10

and a man with a withered hand was there. In order to accuse Jesus, they asked Him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

Exodus 20:9

Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

Exodus 20:10

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.

Exodus 20:11

For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

Exodus 23:12

For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.

Exodus 31:15

For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.

Exodus 31:16

The Israelites must keep the Sabbath, celebrating it as a permanent covenant for the generations to come.

Exodus 31:17

It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”

Exodus 35:2

For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.

Numbers 15:32

While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day.

Numbers 15:33

Those who found the man gathering wood brought him to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation,

Numbers 15:34

and because it had not been declared what should be done to him, they placed him in custody.

Numbers 15:35

And the LORD said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death. The whole congregation is to stone him outside the camp.”

Numbers 15:36

So the whole congregation took the man outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Isaiah 58:13

If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,

Mark 3:2

In order to accuse Jesus, they were watching to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.

Mark 3:3

Then Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, “Stand up among us.”

Mark 3:4

And He asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” But they were silent.

Mark 3:5

Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.

Luke 6:6

On another Sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered.

Luke 6:7

Looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, the scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.

Luke 6:8

But Jesus knew their thoughts and said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and stand among us.” So he got up and stood there.

Luke 6:9

Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”

Luke 6:10

And after looking around at all of them, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and it was restored.

Luke 6:11

But the scribes and Pharisees were filled with rage and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.

Luke 13:10

One Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues,

Luke 13:11

and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight.

Luke 13:12

When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your disability.”

Luke 13:13

Then He placed His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and began to glorify God.

Luke 13:14

But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”

Luke 13:15

“You hypocrites!” the Lord replied. “Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water?

Luke 13:16

Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”

Luke 13:17

When Jesus said this, all His adversaries were humiliated. And the whole crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things He was doing.

Luke 23:56

Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.

John 5:9

Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day,

John 5:10

so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat.”

John 5:11

But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”

John 5:16

Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.

John 5:17

But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”

John 7:21

Jesus answered them, “I did one miracle, and you are all amazed.

John 7:22

But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)

John 7:23

If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?

John 7:24

Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”

John 9:14

Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.

John 9:15

So the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. The man answered, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see.”

John 9:16

Because of this, some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was division among them.