The Sabbath

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

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.

And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,

And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

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

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: — read the full passage →

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. — read the full passage →

One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.

But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:

And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.

And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.

I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. — read the full passage →

But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. — read the full passage →

And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. — read the full passage →

Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. — read the full passage →

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.

But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.

Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day’s journey.

In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.

And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.

How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

And certain men which came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. — read the full passage →

Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. — read the full passage →

And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.

For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. — read the full passage →

And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.

And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. — read the full passage →

And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.