And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
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And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Exodus
LawAnd when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
Genesis
Law / MosesEven of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahAnd the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
John
GospelsAnd when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.
Acts
HistoryAt the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBy faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Hebrews
General EpistlesThe calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Joshua
HistoryAnd it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.
Judges
HistoryMoreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
Deuteronomy
LawAnd there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:
Acts
HistoryOr for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil.
Numbers
LawAnd the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire:
Leviticus
LawIf ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
Leviticus
LawPeace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSo man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
Job
WisdomThat bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahNeither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Hebrews
General EpistlesThat pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying,