Adam and Eve

⁴ This is the account^(F) of the heavens and the earth when they were created,^(G) when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

⁵ Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth^[a] and no plant had yet sprung up,^(H) for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth^(I) and there was no one to work the ground, ⁶ but streams^[b] came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. ⁷ Then the Lord God formed^(J) a man^[c](K) from the dust^(L) of the ground^(M) and breathed into his nostrils the breath^(N) of life,^(O) and the man became a living being.^(P)

⁸ Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden;^(Q) and there he put the man he had formed. ⁹ The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees^(R) that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life^(S) and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.^(T)

¹⁰ A river^(U) watering the garden flowed from Eden;^(V) from there it was separated into four headwaters. ¹¹ The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah,^(W) where there is gold.

The Sabbath

¹² Then the Lord said to Moses, ¹³ “Say to the Israelites, ‘You must observe my Sabbaths.^(A) This will be a sign^(B) between me and you for the generations to come,^(C) so you may know that I am the Lord, who makes you holy.^(D)

¹⁴ “‘Observe the Sabbath, because it is holy to you. Anyone who desecrates it is to be put to death;^(E) those who do any work on that day must be cut off from their people. ¹⁵ For six days work^(F) is to be done, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest,^(G) holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death. ¹⁶ The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath,^(H) celebrating it for the generations to come as a lasting covenant. ¹⁷ It will be a sign^(I) between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.^(J)’”^(K)

¹⁸ When the Lord finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai,^(L) he gave him the two tablets of the covenant law, the tablets of stone^(M) inscribed by the finger of God.^(N)

The Sabbath

³ “‘There are six days when you may work,^(A) but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest,^(B) a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work;^(C) wherever you live, it is a sabbath to the Lord.

¹¹ I gave them my decrees and made known to them my laws, by which the person who obeys them will live.^{(A) 12} Also I gave them my Sabbaths^(B) as a sign^(C) between us,^(D) so they would know that I the Lord made them holy.^(E)

¹³ “‘Yet the people of Israel rebelled^(F) against me in the wilderness. They did not follow my decrees but rejected my laws^(G)—by which the person who obeys them will live—and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths.^(H) So I said I would pour out my wrath^(I) on them and destroy^(J) them in the wilderness.^{(K) 14} But for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned^(L) in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.^{(M) 15} Also with uplifted hand I swore^(N) to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands^(O)— ¹⁶ because they rejected my laws^(P) and did not follow my decrees and desecrated my Sabbaths. For their hearts^(Q) were devoted to their idols.^{(R) 17} Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy^(S) them or put an end to them in the wilderness. ¹⁸ I said to their children in the wilderness, “Do not follow the statutes of your parents^(T) or keep their laws or defile yourselves^(U) with their idols. ¹⁹ I am the Lord your God;^(V) follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.^{(W) 20} Keep my Sabbaths^(X) holy, that they may be a sign^(Y) between us. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.^(Z)”

²¹ “‘But the children rebelled against me: They did not follow my decrees, they were not careful to keep my laws,^(AA) of which I said, “The person who obeys them will live by them,” and they desecrated my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and spend my anger^(AB) against them in the wilderness.^(AC)

¹⁹ Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands^(A) and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

²⁷ Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man,^(A) not man for the Sabbath.^(B)

¹⁶ He went to Nazareth,^(A) where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue,^(B) as was his custom. He stood up to read,^(C)