Deuteronomy 5:12

Good News Translation

“‘Observe the Sabbath and keep it holy, as I, the Lord your God, have commanded you.

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:15

At that time I saw people in Judah pressing juice from grapes on the Sabbath. Others were loading grain, wine, grapes, figs, and other things on their donkeys and taking them into Jerusalem; I warned them not to sell anything on the Sabbath.

Exodus 16:23

and he said to them, “The Lord has commanded that tomorrow is a holy day of rest, dedicated to him. Bake today what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Whatever is left should be put aside and kept for tomorrow.”

Exodus 16:30

So the people did no work on the seventh day.

Exodus 31:13

to tell the people of Israel, “Keep the Sabbath, my day of rest, because it is a sign between you and me for all time to come, to show that I, the Lord, have made you my own people.

Exodus 31:15

You have six days in which to do your work, but the seventh day is a solemn day of rest dedicated to me. Whoever does any work on that day is to be put to death.

Isaiah 56:6

And the Lord says to those foreigners who become part of his people, who love him and serve him, who observe the Sabbath and faithfully keep his covenant:

Isaiah 58:13

The Lord says, “If you treat the Sabbath as sacred and do not pursue your own interests on that day; if you value my holy day and honor it by not traveling, working, or talking idly on that day,

Jeremiah 17:22

or carry anything out of their houses on the Sabbath. They must not work on the Sabbath; they must observe it as a sacred day, as I commanded their ancestors.

Mark 2:27

And Jesus concluded, “The Sabbath was made for the good of human beings; they were not made for the Sabbath.

Deuteronomy 5:13

You have six days in which to do your work,