Matthew 12:8
For the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
In Context
9And going on from thence, he came into their synagogue;
Cross References
Matthew 8:20And Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where he can lay his head.
Mark 2:28Wherefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
Luke 6:5And he said, The Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath-day.
1 Corinthians 9:21to those who are without law, as without law (not as being without law to God, but under the law to Christ), that I might gain those who were without law.
Revelation 1:10I was rapt in spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice as 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 →