yEx. 20:10; Neh. 13:19; Jer. 17:21, 22; [ch. 7:23; 9:16; Matt. 12:2; Mark 2:24; 3:4; Luke 6:2; 13:14]
aeSee Matt. 12:2
Matthew 12:2
2But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, a“Look, your disciples are doing bwhat is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”Matthew 15:2
2 c“Why do your disciples break dthe tradition of the elders? eFor they do not wash their hands when they eat.”Matthew 23:23-24
23 f“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For gyou tithe mint and dill and hcumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: ijustice and mercy and faithfulness. jThese you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. 24You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing ka camel!Mark 2:24
24And the Pharisees were saying to him, “Look, lwhy are they doing mwhat is not lawful on the Sabbath?”Luke 5:33
A Question About Fasting
33And they said to him, n“The disciples of John ofast often and poffer prayers, qand so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.”Luke 6:7-9
7And the scribes and the Pharisees rwatched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, sso that they might find a reason to accuse him. 8But the knew their thoughts, and he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come and stand here.” And he rose and stood there. 9And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, uis it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?”John 5:9-11
9 vAnd at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked.wNow that day was the Sabbath. 10So the Jews ▼
▼The Greek word Ioudaioi refers specifically here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, who opposed Jesus in that time; also verses 15, 16, 18
said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and yit is not lawful for you to take up your bed.” 11But he answered them, “The man who healed me, that man said to me, ‘Take up your bed, and walk.’” John 5:16
16And this was why the Jews zwere persecuting Jesus, aabecause he was doing these things on the Sabbath.John 9:14-16
14 abNow it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. 15 acSo the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.” 16Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not adfrom God, aefor he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, af“How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And agthere was a division among them.
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