Matthew 12:8
Furthermore, the Son of the Man is Lord of the Sabbath!”
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
In Context
9Now moving on from there He went into their synagogue.
Cross References
Matthew 8:20So Jesus says to him, “The foxes have dens and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of the Man does not have where He may lay His head.”
Mark 2:28Therefore the Son of the Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
Luke 6:5Then He said to them, “The Son of the Man is Lord even of the Sabbath!”
1 Corinthians 9:21to those without law as without law (not being without law toward God but under law toward Christ), that I might win those without law;
Revelation 1:10I was in spirit on the Lord's day and I heard a voice behind me, loud as a trumpet,
Matthew Henry on Matthew 12:2-14
Christ Vindicates His Disciples. 1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. 3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him; 4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the showbread, which was not lawful for him… Read the whole commentary →