Luke 13:14
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14 But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the Sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured and not on the Sabbath day.”(A)
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Exodus 20:9
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9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work.(A)
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John 9:14-16
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14 Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.(A) 15 Then the Pharisees also began to ask him how he had received his sight. He said to them, “He put mud on my eyes. Then I washed, and now I see.” 16 Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not observe the Sabbath.” Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?” And they were divided.(B)
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Matthew 12:2
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2 When the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”(A)
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John 5:15-16
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15 The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. 16 Therefore the Jews started persecuting Jesus, because he was doing such things on the Sabbath.
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Luke 6:7
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7 The scribes and the Pharisees were watching him to see whether he would cure on the Sabbath, so that they might find grounds to bring an accusation against him.
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Luke 14:3-6
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3 And Jesus asked the experts in the law and Pharisees, “Is it lawful to cure people on the Sabbath or not?”(A) 4 But they were silent. So Jesus[a] took him and healed him and sent him away. 5 Then he said to them, “If one of you has a child[b] or an ox that has fallen into a well, will you not immediately pull it out on a Sabbath day?”(B) 6 And they could not reply to this.
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Luke 8:41
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41 Just then there came a man named Jairus, a leader of the synagogue. He fell at Jesus’s feet and began pleading with him to come to his house,
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Mark 5:22
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22 Then one of the leaders of the synagogue, named Jairus, came and, when he saw him, fell at his feet(A)
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Romans 10:2
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2 For I can testify that they have a zeal for God, but it is not based on knowledge.(A)
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Acts 18:17
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17 Then all of them[a] seized Sosthenes, the official of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to any of these things.(A)
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- 18.17 Other ancient authorities read all the Greeks
Acts 18:8
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8 Crispus, the official of the synagogue, became a believer in the Lord, together with all his household, and many of the Corinthians who heard Paul became believers and were baptized.(A)
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Acts 13:15
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15 After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the officials of the synagogue sent them a message, saying, “Brothers,[a] if you have any word of exhortation for the people, give it.”
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- 13.15 Gk Men, brothers
Luke 6:11
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11 But they were filled with fury and began discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus.
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Mark 3:2-6
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2 They were watching him to see whether he would cure him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him.(A) 3 And he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Come forward.” 4 Then he said to them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. 5 He looked around at them with anger; he was grieved at their hardness of heart and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. 6 The Pharisees went out and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.(B)
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Matthew 12:10-12
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10 a man was there with a withered hand, and they asked him, “Is it lawful to cure on the Sabbath?” so that they might accuse him.(A) 11 He said to them, “Suppose one of you has only one sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath; will you not lay hold of it and lift it out?(B) 12 How much more valuable is a human being than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”(C)
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Ezekiel 20:12
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12 Moreover, I gave them my Sabbaths, as a sign between me and them, so that they might know that I the Lord sanctify them.(A)
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Leviticus 23:3
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The Sabbath, Passover, and Unleavened Bread
3 “Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no work: it is a Sabbath to the Lord throughout your settlements.(A)
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Exodus 23:12
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12 “Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest so that your ox and your donkey may have relief and your homeborn slave and the resident alien may be refreshed.(A)
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