Luke 23:56
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.”
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“Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments. And on the sabbath they rested according to the commandment.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and having turned back, they made ready spices and ointments, and on the sabbath, indeed, they rested, according to the command.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 23:56 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 20:8Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
- Exodus 31:14Keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who profanes it must surely be put to death. Whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from among his people.
- Exodus 35:2For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.
- Deuteronomy 5:14but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.
- 2 Chronicles 16:14And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.
- Isaiah 58:13If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,
- Jeremiah 17:24If, however, you listen carefully to Me, says the LORD, and bring no load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, and keep the Sabbath day holy, and do no work on it,
- Mark 16:1When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint the body of Jesus.
- Luke 24:1On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared.
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