Genesis 2:1-3
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The Garden of Eden
2 Thus the heavens and the earth, and (A)all the host of them, were finished. 2 (B)And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. 3 Then God (C)blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.
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Exodus 20:8-11
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8 (A)“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 (B)Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the (C)seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, (D)nor your stranger who is within your gates. 11 For (E)in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
Exodus 31:12-13
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The Sabbath Law
12 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 13 “Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: (A)‘Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who (B)sanctifies[a] you.
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- Exodus 31:13 consecrates
Leviticus 23:3
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The Sabbath
3 (A)‘Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work on it; it is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.
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Mark 2:27
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27 And He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the (A)Sabbath.
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Hebrews 4:9
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9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.
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Luke 4:16
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Jesus Rejected at Nazareth(A)
16 So He came to (B)Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, (C)He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.
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Luke 23:56
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56 Then they returned and (A)prepared spices and fragrant oils. And they rested on the Sabbath (B)according to the commandment.
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Acts 17:2
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2 Then Paul, as his custom was, (A)went in to them, and for three Sabbaths (B)reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
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