Parallel Verses
NET Bible
For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
for the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
A Conservative Version
For the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath.
American Standard Version
For the Son of man is lord of the sabbath.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
For the Son of man is lord [i.e., has authority] over the Sabbath day."
Anderson New Testament
For the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath.
Bible in Basic English
For the Son of man is lord of the Sabbath.
Common New Testament
For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
Daniel Mace New Testament
for the sabbath is subservient to men.
Darby Translation
For the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath.
Godbey New Testament
For the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath.
Goodspeed New Testament
For the Son of Man is master of the Sabbath."
John Wesley New Testament
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.
Julia Smith Translation
For the Lord of the sabbath is also the Son of man.
King James 2000
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."
Modern King James verseion
For the Son of Man is Lord even of the sabbath.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For the son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath day."
Moffatt New Testament
For the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath."
Montgomery New Testament
"you would not have condemned the guiltless. For the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath."
New Heart English Bible
For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
Noyes New Testament
For the Son of man is lord of the sabbath.
Sawyer New Testament
for the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath.
The Emphasized Bible
For, the Son of Man, is, Lord of the Sabbath.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
Twentieth Century New Testament
For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."
Webster
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.
Weymouth New Testament
For the Son of Man is the Lord of the Sabbath."
Williams New Testament
For the Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath."
World English Bible
For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
Worrell New Testament
for the Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath."
Worsley New Testament
For the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath.
Youngs Literal Translation
for the son of man is lord even of the sabbath.'
Themes
false Accusation » Incidents illustrative of » Against jesus
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » As lord of the sabbath
Jesus Christ » Divinity of » Lord of the sabbath
Pharisees » Traditions of, in regard to » The sabbath
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 12:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Plucking Grain On The Sabbath
7 If you had known what this means: 'I want mercy and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent. 8 For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath." 9 Then Jesus left that place and entered their synagogue.
Phrases
Cross References
Matthew 9:6
But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" -- then he said to the paralytic -- "Stand up, take your stretcher, and go home."
Matthew 8:20
Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."
Mark 2:28
For this reason the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath."
Mark 9:4-7
Then Elijah appeared before them along with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.
Luke 6:5
Then he said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."
John 5:17-23
So he told them, "My Father is working until now, and I too am working."
1 Corinthians 9:21
To those free from the law I became like one free from the law (though I am not free from God's law but under the law of Christ) to gain those free from the law.
1 Corinthians 16:2
On the first day of the week, each of you should set aside some income and save it to the extent that God has blessed you, so that a collection will not have to be made when I come.
Revelation 1:10
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day when I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,