Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
For the Son of man is lord [i.e., has authority] over the Sabbath day."
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
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."
NET Bible
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 [fully] understood what this means: 'I desire mercy and not [only] sacrifice,' you would not have condemned someone who was not guilty [of wrongdoing]. 8 For the Son of man is lord [i.e., has authority] over the Sabbath day." 9 Jesus left there and went into their [i.e., the Pharisees'] synagogues,
Phrases
Cross References
Matthew 9:6
But in order that you may know that the Son of man has authority to forgive people's sins on earth, (then He said to the man afflicted with paralysis), 'Get up, pick up your cot and go home.'"
Matthew 8:20
Jesus replied to him, "The foxes have dens [in which to live] and the birds of the sky have nests [in which to roost]; but the Son of man does not have anywhere to lay His head."
Mark 2:28
So, the Son of man is lord [i.e., has authority] even over the Sabbath day."
Mark 9:4-7
Then Elijah, along with Moses, appeared to them and they were talking with Jesus.
Luke 6:5
Then He said to them, "The Son of man is lord [i.e., has authority over] the Sabbath day."
John 5:17-23
But Jesus said to them, "My Father is continuing to work and I am working."
1 Corinthians 9:21
I [also] behaved like a person without [obligation to observe] the law [i.e., a Gentile] in front of those who are not obligated to it, although I was not [really] without obligation to God's law; but was under [obligation to] Christ's law. I did this to win those who are without [obligation to observe] the law [i.e., Gentiles].
1 Corinthians 16:2
On every first day of the week [i.e., at the regular Sunday assembly] each one of you should set aside and store up [money] in proportion to your income, so that no collections will have to be taken when I come.
Revelation 1:10
I was in [i.e., under the influence of] the Holy Spirit on the Lord's day [i.e., Sunday], when I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpet,