2But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
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And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel. …
And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him. …
Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: …
And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-13)The Jewish teachers had corrupted many of the commandments, by interpreting them more loosely than they were intended; a mistake which Christ discovered and rectified (Matt. 5:1-48) in his sermon on the mount: but concerning the fourth commandment, they had erred in the other extreme, and interpreted it too strictly. Note, it is common for men of corrupt minds, by their zeal in rituals, and the ex…
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