It was the day of preparation and the Sabbath was beginning.

Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath.

He addressed both Jews and Greeks in the synagogue every Sabbath, attempting to persuade them.

Then they returned and prepared aromatic spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

So the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and you are not permitted to carry your mat.”

(Now the day on which Jesus made the mud and caused him to see was a Sabbath.)

As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people were urging them to speak about these things on the next Sabbath.

Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?

Immediately the man was healed, and he picked up his mat and started walking. (Now that day was a Sabbath.)

For Moses has had those who proclaim him in every town from ancient times, because he is read aloud in the synagogues every Sabbath.”

For this reason the Jewish leaders were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God.

For the people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize him, and they fulfilled the sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning him.

Then some of the Pharisees began to say, “This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such miraculous signs?” Thus there was a division among them.