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The Sabbath Day
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“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. — read the full passage →
He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
“‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no kind of work. It is a Sabbath to Yahweh in all your dwellings.
God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.
“If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy of Yahweh honorable; and shall honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words:
There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
“Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill. — read the full passage →
Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies them. — read the full passage →
“If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy of Yahweh honorable; and shall honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words: — read the full passage →
He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.
“Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Yahweh your God commanded you. — read the full passage →
They returned, and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.
Let no one therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day, — read the full passage →
He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
In those days saw I in Judah some men treading wine presses on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and loading donkeys; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all kinds of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day in which they sold food. — read the full passage →
Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day.”
On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done. — read the full passage →
Therefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”
“For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me,” says Yahweh, “so your seed and your name shall remain. — read the full passage →
You shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Paul, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.’”
On the Sabbath day we went outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down, and spoke to the women who had come together.
“Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest: in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;
He said to them, “This is that which Yahweh has spoken, ‘Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh. Bake that which you want to bake, and boil that which you want to boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.’”
for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.
Pray that your flight will not be in the winter, nor on a Sabbath,
Let no one therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,
He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day. — read the full passage →
Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions. — read the full passage →
For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. — read the full passage →
You shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations on the Sabbath day.’”
Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.
Here is the patience of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”
But they, passing on from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia. They went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and sat down.
One man esteems one day as more important. Another esteems every day alike. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.
He was going on the Sabbath day through the grain fields, and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain.
Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast; who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.” — read the full passage →
While the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day. — read the full passage →
‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to Yahweh: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.
For he has said this somewhere about the seventh day, “God rested on the seventh day from all his works”;
Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.
I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpet
On the first day of the week, when the disciples were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and continued his speech until midnight.
On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.
He was going on the Sabbath day through the grain fields, and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain. — read the full passage →
You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm. Therefore Yahweh your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God. — read the full passage →
There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God. — read the full passage →
Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast; who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath. — read the full passage →
And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’”
and make my Sabbaths holy; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am Yahweh your God.
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away.
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.
“Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Yahweh your God commanded you. — read the full passage →
He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. — read the full passage →
It shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall deny yourselves. In the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall keep your Sabbath.”
“‘You shall keep my Sabbaths, and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am Yahweh.
The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished. — read the full passage →
When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.
God spoke all these words, saying, — read the full passage →
I am Yahweh your God: walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them; — read the full passage →
and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant,
“Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Most certainly you shall keep my Sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies you.
On the first day of the week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.
Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. — read the full passage →
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God, in which you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates; that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.
Behold, because Yahweh has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days. Everyone stay in his place. Let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.”
The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished. — read the full passage →
which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ’s.
“Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the alien may be refreshed.
He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had his hand withered. — read the full passage →
Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; new moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can’t bear with evil assemblies.
In those days saw I in Judah some men treading wine presses on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and loading donkeys; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all kinds of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day in which they sold food.
“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →
It is a good thing to give thanks to Yahweh, to sing praises to your name, Most High; — read the full passage →
The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished. — read the full passage →
Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw the stone taken away from the tomb.
then you shall delight yourself in Yahweh; and I will make you to ride on the high places of the earth; and I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father:” for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: The gate of the inner court that looks toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the Sabbath day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened.
The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →
Then I testified against them, and said to them, “Why do you stay around the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they didn’t come on the Sabbath.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →
If you love me, keep my commandments.
Now on the second Sabbath after the first, he was going through the grain fields. His disciples plucked the heads of grain, and ate, rubbing them in their hands. — read the full passage →
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →
At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.
For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all. — read the full passage →
The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, “There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!” — read the full passage →
“Also in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be to you for a memorial before your God. I am Yahweh your God.”
When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, “Peace be to you.”
He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day.
Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I commanded the assemblies of Galatia, you do likewise. — read the full passage →
But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared. — read the full passage →
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