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Exodus 31:13-17

13 »Speak to the people of Israel. Say: ‘You must observe my Sabbaths. This is a sign between you and me throughout your generations that you may know that I am Jehovah, the one who sanctifies you. 14 »‘You are to observe the Sabbath. It is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it will absolutely be put to death. Whoever does any work on it will be removed from his people. 15 »‘Work may be done for six days. The seventh day there is a Sabbath of complete rest. It is holy to Jehovah. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day will definitely be put to death. 16 »‘The Israelites must observe the Sabbath and celebrate the Sabbath throughout their generations as a long lasting covenant. 17 »‘It is a long lasting sign between the people of Israel and me for the reason that Jehovah made heaven and earth in six days. Then He ceased from work and was refreshed on the seventh day.’«

Isaiah 58:13

13 »If because of the Sabbath, you turn your foot from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and you call the Sabbath a delight and the holy of Jehovah honorable, and honor it, desisting from your ways, from seeking your own pleasure and speaking your own word,

Mark 2:28

28 »The Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.«

Luke 23:56

56 They returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

Luke 4:16

16 Then he returned to Nazareth the place where he was raised. He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath day. This was his custom. There he stood up to read.

Acts 17:2

2 Paul went in, for it was his custom. He reasoned with them from the Scriptures for three Sabbath days.

Hebrews 4:9

9 There remains then a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

Genesis 2:3

3 God blessed the seventh day and made it holy. This is because he rested from all the work of creation he had done.

Exodus 31:13

13 »Speak to the people of Israel. Say: ‘You must observe my Sabbaths. This is a sign between you and me throughout your generations that you may know that I am Jehovah, the one who sanctifies you.

Exodus 20:8-11

8 »Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy. 9 »You have six days to do all your work. 10 »The seventh day is a Sabbath dedicated to Jehovah your God. Do not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you. 11 »Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them in six days. He rested on the seventh day. Therefore Jehovah blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

Mark 2:27

27 »The Sabbath was made for man, said Jesus, and not man for the Sabbath.

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