Mark 2:28
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Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
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HEALING OF A PARALYTIC. ( = Mat 9:1-8; Luk 5:17-26). (Mar 2:1-12) And again he entered into Capernaum--"His own city" (Mat 9:1). and it was noised that he was in the house--no doubt of Simon Peter (Mar 1:29).
Open source ↗In this chapter, we have, I. Christ's healing a man that was sick of a palsy (Mar 2:1-12). II. His calling of Matthew from the receipt of custom, and his eating, upon that occasion, with publicans and sinners, and justifying himself in so doing (Mar 2:13-17). III. His justifying his disciples in not fasting so much as those plucking the ears of corn on the sabbath day (Mar 2:23-28). All which passages we had before, Mt. 9 and 12.
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For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
Then Jesus declared, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.
But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”
And He asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” But they were silent.
Because of this, some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was division among them.