Matthew 12:8
For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
In Context
9Then he departed from there and went into their synagogue.
Cross References
Matthew 8:20Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
Mark 2:28So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
Luke 6:5Then he said to them, “The Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
1 Corinthians 9:21To those outside the law I became like one outside the law (though I am not outside the law of God but under the law of Christ), so that I might win those outside the law.
Revelation 1:10I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like that of 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 →