2 But when* the Pharisees saw it,* they said to him, "Behold, your disciples are doing what it is not permitted to do on the Sabbath!"
Matthew 12:2 Cross References - LEB
Exodus 20:9-11
9 Six days you will work, and you will do all your work.
10 But the seventh day is a Sabbath for Yahweh your God; you will not do any work—you or your son or your daughter, your male slave or your female slave, or your animal, or your alien who is in your gates—
11 because in six days Yahweh made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and on the seventh day he rested. Therefore Yahweh blessed the seventh day and consecrated it.
Exodus 23:12
12 " 'Six days you will do your work, but on the seventh day you will stop so that your ox and your donkey will rest and the son of your slave woman and the alien will be refreshed.
Exodus 31:15-17
15 On six days work can be done, and on the seventh ⌊is a Sabbath of complete rest⌋,* ⌊a holy day⌋* for Yahweh; anyone doing work on the Sabbath day will surely be put to death.
16 The ⌊Israelites⌋* will pay attention to the Sabbath in order to fulfill the Sabbath* throughout their generations as a lasting covenant.
17 It is a sign between me and the ⌊Israelites⌋* forever, because in six days Yahweh made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh he ceased* and recovered."*
Exodus 35:2
2 On six days work can be done, and on the seventh there will be for you a holy day,* a ⌊Sabbath of complete rest⌋,* for Yahweh; anyone doing work on it will be put to death.
Numbers 15:32-36
32 When the ⌊Israelites⌋* were in the desert, they found a man who was gathering wood on the day of the Sabbath.
33 The ones who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses, Aaron, and to all the community.
34 And they put him under watch because it was not made clear what should be done to him.
35 And Yahweh said to Moses, "Surely the man must be put to death by stoning him; all the community must stone him with stones from outside the camp."
36 So the entire community brought him out to a place outside the camp, and ⌊they stoned him to death⌋* just as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Isaiah 58:13
13 If you hold your foot back from the Sabbath, from doing your affairs on ⌊my holy day⌋,* if* you call the Sabbath a pleasure, the holy day of Yahweh honorable, if* you honor him ⌊more than⌋* doing your ways, than finding your affairs* and speaking a word,
Matthew 12:10
10 And behold, there was a man who had a withered hand, and they asked him, saying, "Is it permitted to heal on the Sabbath?" in order that they could accuse him.
Mark 3:2-5
2 And they were watching him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath, in order that they could accuse him.
3 And he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Come into the middle."
4 And he said to them, "Is it permitted on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?" But they were silent.
5 And looking around at them with anger, grieved at the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch out your* hand." And he stretched it* out, and his hand was restored.
Luke 6:6-11
6 Now it happened that on another Sabbath he entered into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there, and his right hand was withered.
7 So the scribes and the Pharisees were watching closely* to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, in order that they could find a reason* to accuse him.
8 But he knew their thoughts and said to the man who had the withered hand, "Get up and stand in the middle," and he got up and* stood there.
9 And Jesus said to them, "I ask you whether it is permitted on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy it?"*
10 And after* looking around at them all, he said to him, "Stretch out your hand," and he did, and his hand was restored.
11 But they were filled with fury, and began discussing* with one another what they might do to Jesus.
Luke 13:10-17
10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.
11 And behold, a woman was there* who had a spirit ⌊that had disabled her⌋* for eighteen years, and she was bent over and not able to straighten herself up completely.*
12 And when he* saw her, Jesus summoned her* and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your disability!"
13 And he placed his* hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and glorified God.
14 But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, answered and* said to the crowd, "There are six days on which it is necessary to work. Therefore come and* be healed on them, and not on the day of the Sabbath!"
15 But the Lord answered and said to him, "Hypocrites! Does not each one of you untie his ox or his* donkey from the feeding trough on the Sabbath and lead it* away to water it?*
16 And this woman, who is a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan bound ⌊eighteen⌋* long years—is it not necessary that she be released from this bond on the day of the Sabbath?"
17 And when* he said these things, all those who opposed him were humiliated, and the whole crowd was rejoicing at all the splendid things that were being done by him.
Luke 14:3
3 And Jesus answered and* said to the legal experts and Pharisees, saying, "Is it permitted to heal on the Sabbath, or not?"
Luke 23:56
56 And they returned and* prepared fragrant spices and perfumes, and on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
John 5:9-11
9 And immediately the man became well and picked up his mat and began to walk.* (Now it was the Sabbath on that day.)
10 So the Jews were saying to the one who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not permitted for you to pick up the mat!"*
11 But he answered them, "The one who made me well—that one said to me, 'Pick up your mat and walk!'"
John 5:16-17
John 7:21-24
21 Jesus answered and said to them, "I performed one work, and you are all astonished.
22 Because of this Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.
23 If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses would not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a whole man well* on the Sabbath?
24 Do not judge according to outward appearance, but judge according to righteous judgment!"
John 9:14-16
14 (Now the day on which Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes was the Sabbath.)
15 So the Pharisees also were asking him again how he received sight. And he said to them, "He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see."
16 So some of the Pharisees were saying, "This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath!" Others* were saying, "How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?" And there was a division among them.