- Genesis 2:2-3:
“By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.”
- Exodus 20:8-11:
“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.”
- Mark 2:27-28:
“Then he said to them, ‘The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.’”
- Luke 23:56:
“Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.”
- Matthew 12:12:
“How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”
- Isaiah 58:13-14:
“If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words, then you will find your joy in the Lord, and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
- Leviticus 23:3:
“There are six days when you may work, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest, a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; wherever you live, it is a sabbath to the Lord.”
- Acts 13:14:
“From Perga they went on to Pisidian Antioch. On the Sabbath they entered the synagogue and sat down.”
- Acts 17:2:
“As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures.”
- Acts 16:13:
“On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there.”
- Deuteronomy 5:14:
“but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns, so that your male and female servants may rest, as you do.”
- Exodus 31:15:
“For six days work is to be done, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death.”
- Luke 6:5:
“Then Jesus said to them, ‘The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.’”
- Matthew 12:1:
“At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them.”
- Matthew 28:1:
“After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.”
- John 19:31:
“Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down.”
- Acts 13:42:
“As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people invited them to speak further about these things on the next Sabbath.”
- Matthew 24:20:
“Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath.”
- Acts 15:21:
“For the law of Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”
- Exodus 35:2:
“For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a day of sabbath rest to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it is to be put to death.”
- Luke 14:1:
“One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched.”
- Matthew 28:1:
“After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.”
- Mark 16:1:
“When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body.”
- John 9:14:
“Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man’s eyes was a Sabbath.”
- Luke 13:10:
“On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues.”
- Matthew 12:10:
“and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Looking for a reason to bring charges against Jesus, they asked him, ‘Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?’”
- Mark 2:23:
“One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain.”
- Luke 6:6:
“On another Sabbath he went into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was shriveled.”
- Acts 13:44:
“On the next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.”
- Acts 18:4:
“Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.”