“Work for six days. Then on the seventh day, rest! This will allow your slaves and other workers a time for rest and relaxation. And your bulls and donkeys will also have a time of rest.
Matthew 12:2 - Easy To Read Version The Pharisees {\cf2\super [152]} saw this. They said to Jesus, “Look! Your followers are doing something that is against the \{Jewish\} law to do on the Sabbath day.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, See there! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful and not permitted on the Sabbath. American Standard Version (1901) But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do upon the sabbath. Common English Bible When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are breaking the Sabbath law.” Catholic Public Domain Version Then the Pharisees, seeing this, said to him, "Behold, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbaths." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Pharisees seeing them, said to him: Behold thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days. |
“Work for six days. Then on the seventh day, rest! This will allow your slaves and other workers a time for rest and relaxation. And your bulls and donkeys will also have a time of rest.
“There are six days for working. But the seventh day will be a very special day of rest for you. You will honor the Lord by resting on that special day. Any person who works on the seventh day must be killed.
That will happen when you stop sinning against God’s law about the Sabbath. {\cf2\super [447]} And that will happen when you stop doing things to please yourself on that special day. You should call the Sabbath a happy day. You should honor the Lord’s special day. You should honor that special day by not doing and saying those things you do every other day.
In the synagogue there was a man with a crippled hand. Some Jews there were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus of doing wrong. So they asked Jesus, “Is it right to heal on the Sabbath day?” {\cf2\super [161]}
Jesus said to them, “You have read what David {\cf2\super [153]} did when he and the people with him were hungry.
The Pharisees {\cf2\super [34]} saw this and said to Jesus, “Why are your followers doing that? It is against the \{Jewish\} law to do that on the Sabbath day.”
Jesus said to the Pharisees {\cf2\super [255]} and teachers of the law, “Is it right or wrong to heal on the Sabbath day?”
Then the women left to prepare some sweet-smelling spices \{to put on Jesus’ body\}.
Some Pharisees {\cf2\super [106]} said, “Why are you doing that? It is against the law \{of Moses\} to do that on the Sabbath day.”