"He said to them, "This is what Yahweh commanded: Tomorrow you shall rest, for that day is a Rest - or

sabbath - sacred to Yahweh."

- Exodus 16,23

"And Moses said, "Eat it today, for this is a day of Rest - or sabbath - in honor of Yahweh. Today you will
not find it in the fields."
- Exodus 16,25

"For six days you will gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none.""
- Exodus 16,26

"Remember the sabbath day and keep it holy."

- Exodus 20,8

"but the seventh day is a sabbath for Yahweh your God. Do not work that day, neither you, nor your son,
nor your daughter nor your servants, men or women, nor your animals, nor the stranger who is staying
with you."
- Exodus 20,10

"For in six days Yahweh made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the
seventh day he rested; that is why Yahweh has blessed the sabbath day and made it holy."
- Exodus 20,11

""Speak to the people of Israel and say: 'You shall keep my sabbaths carefully, because the sabbath is a
sign between myself and you from generation to generation to show that it is I, Yahweh, who have made
you my own people."
- Exodus 31,13

"You must keep the sabbath, then; it is to be held sacred by you. Whoever does not keep it, but works on
that day, must be put to death."
- Exodus 31,14

"Work is to be done for six days, but the seventh day must be a day of complete rest, consecrated to
Yahweh.
Whoever does any work on the sabbath day must be put to death. "
- Exodus 31,15

"The people of Israel are to keep the sabbath, observing it from generation to generation: this is a lasting
covenant."
- Exodus 31,16

"Between myself and the people of Israel the sabbath is a sign forever, since in six days Yahweh made
the heavens and earth, but on the seventh day he rested and drew breath.""
- Exodus 31,17

"You must not light a fire on the sabbath day in any of your homes.""
- Exodus 35,3

"It is a sabbath of solemn rest when you must deny yourselves. It is a lasting ordinance."
- Leviticus 16,31

"Each of you must revere his mother and father; and you shall keep my sabbaths; I am Yahweh, your
God."
- Leviticus 19,3

"Keep my sabbaths and revere my sanctuary. I am Yahweh."

- Leviticus 19,30

"After six days in which work shall be done, there is a sabbath of complete rest on the seventh day, a holy
assembly when no work shall be done; it is a sabbath to Yahweh in all your houses."
- Leviticus 23,3

"and he shall wave the sheaf before Yahweh for you to be accepted; on the day after the sabbath the
priest shall wave it."
- Leviticus 23,11

"From the day after the sabbath, on which you bring the sheaf of offering, you are to count seven full
weeks."
- Leviticus 23,15

"The day after the seventh sabbath will be the fiftieth day and then you are to offer Yahweh a new
offering."
- Leviticus 23,16

"This is to be a day of sabbath rest for you. You must fast; on the evening of the ninth day of the month,
from this to the following evening, you must cease to work.""
- Leviticus 23,32

"besides the sabbaths of Yahweh and the presents, and the votive and voluntary gifts that you make to
Yahweh."
- Leviticus 23,38

"Every sabbath Aaron shall set the bread in order before Yahweh on behalf of the Israelites as a lasting
covenant."
- Leviticus 24,8

"but in the seventh year the land shall have a rest, or sabbath, a sabbath for Yahweh. You shall not sow
your field nor prune your vineyard;"
- Leviticus 25,4

"When seven sabbaths of years have passed, that is, seven times seven years, there shall be the time of
the seven weeks of years, that is forty-nine years."
- Leviticus 25,8

"You shall keep my sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary. I am Yahweh."

- Leviticus 26,2

"Then the land shall enjoy its sabbaths as long as it lies waste while you are in the land of your enemies;"
- Leviticus 26,34

"then the land will rest and observe its sabbaths. As long as the land lies desolate it shall have the
sabbath rest that it did not have when you inhabited it."
- Leviticus 26,35

"For the land will be abandoned by them and it shall observe its sabbath; it will be desolate without them,
while they pay for their sin because they spurned my ordinances and ignored my statutes."
- Leviticus 26,43

"While the people of Israel were in the wilderness, a man was caught gathering wood on the sabbath
day."
- Numbers 15,32
"On the sabbath day, you must offer two one-year-old lambs without any defect, and four pounds of fine
flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, as well as the accompanying wine offering."
- Numbers 28,9

"This burnt offering is to be offered every sabbath in addition to the daily offering with its accompanying
wine offering."
- Numbers 28,10

"Take care to keep holy the sabbath day, as Yahweh, your God, commands you."
- Deuteronomy 5,12

"Remember that you were once enslaved in the land of Egypt from where Yahweh, your God, brought
you out with his powerful hand and outstretched arm. For that reason, Yahweh, your God, commands you
to observe the sabbath."
- Deuteronomy 5,15

"He asked, "Why are you going to him? It is not the new moon yet nor the sabbath." But she said, "Do not
worry.""
- 2 Kings 4,23

"Then he gave them these orders, "One third of your men who come on duty on the sabbath shall guard
the king's house,"
- 2 Kings 11,5

"Now about those who come off duty on the sabbath, two divisions of them shall guard the House of
Yahweh and surround King Joash."
- 2 Kings 11,7

"The commanders of the guards did what Jehoiada the priest had told them to do and they showed up
with all their men, those who were to go off duty on the sabbath as well as those who were to come on
duty on that day."
- 2 Kings 11,9

"Some of their kinsmen the Kohathites were responsible for the loaves to be set out in rows sabbath by
sabbath."
- 1 Chronicles 9,32

"and at every burnt offering to Yahweh on the sabbath, New Moon or solemn feast, in such numbers as
are prescribed. They must always be present before Yahweh."
- 1 Chronicles 23,31

"I am now building a house to honor Yahweh, my God, to acknowledge his holiness by burning incense of
scented spices in his presence, by the loaves that are perpetually set out, by offerings morning and
evening, on the sabbath, New Moon, and the solemn festivals of Yahweh our God - and this forever in
Israel."
- 2 Chronicles 2,3

"Observing the daily rule for burnt offerings according to the requirements of Moses for sabbaths, New
Moon and the three annual feasts: the feast of Unleavened Bread, the feast of Weeks and the feast of
Tabernacles."
- 2 Chronicles 8,13

"This is what you must do: one third of you, priests, Levites and keepers of the gate, must come in for the
sabbath,"
- 2 Chronicles 23,4
"The Levites and all Judah carried out all the orders of Jehoiada the priest. Every commander summoned
both those who went off duty on the Sabbath, and those coming on duty, because Jehoiada did not
except anyone."
- 2 Chronicles 23,8

"The king set aside a portion of his own possessions for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the
burnt offerings of sabbath, New Moon, and solemn feast, as laid down in the Law of Yahweh."
- 2 Chronicles 31,3

"This is how the work of Yahweh was fulfilled that he spoke through Jeremiah, "The land will lie desolate
for seventy years, to make up for its Sabbath rests that have not been observed.""
- 2 Chronicles 36,21

"Then they continued offering the perpetual sacrifice and the sacrifices on the sabbaths, the new moon
and all the solemnities of Yahweh, besides what everyone would offer voluntarily to Yahweh."
- Ezra 3,5

"You taught them to consecrate the sabbath to you; you gave them commandments, precepts and the
Law, through the hand of Moses, your servant."
- Nehemiah 9,14

"If the people of the land bring goods or any foodstuff whatsoever to sell on the sabbath day, we will not
buy anything from them on the sabbath day or on any other sacred feast day. We will leave our fields
uncultivated in the seventh year, and cancel all debts owed to us."
- Nehemiah 10,32

"for the show-bread, for perpetual food offering and the holocaust, for the sacrifices on the sabbath, on
the new moon, on feasts for other sacrifices, for the expiation of the sin of Israel and for everything
necessary in the House of God."
- Nehemiah 10,34

"In those days, I found men of Judah working in the winepress on the sabbath. Others took sheaves of
wheat and loaded them on their asses together with wine, grapes, figs and every kind of produce they
wanted to bring into Jerusalem on the sabbath day. I reprimanded them as they were selling their
produce."
- Nehemiah 13,15

"Some Tyrians who had settled in Jerusalem brought in fish and every sort of merchandise to sell to the
Jews on the Sabbath day."
- Nehemiah 13,16

"So I reprimanded the leaders of Judah, saying to them, "You have done great evil by not respecting the
sabbath day."
- Nehemiah 13,17

"When your fathers did not observe the sabbath, our God brought all those misfortunes on us and on this
city. You increase the wrath of God against Israel by not respecting his sabbaths.""
- Nehemiah 13,18

"So I ordered that as the shadows were falling on the gates of Jerusalem in the evening before the
sabbath, the gates were to be closed and not to be opened until after the sabbath was over. Moreover, I
also stationed some of my men by the gates so that no goods would be brought in on the sabbath day."
- Nehemiah 13,19

"but I warned them, saying, "Why do you spend the night by the wall? Do this again, and I shall use force
against you." From then on, they did not return any more on the sabbath day."
- Nehemiah 13,21

"I also ordered the Levites to purify themselves and to come and guard the gates in order to sanctify the
sabbath. For this, too, remember me, my God, and have pity on me according to your great mercy."
- Nehemiah 13,22

"Her sanctuary became empty as the desert, her feasts became days of mourning, her Sabbaths were
ridiculed, and her fame became an object of contempt."
- 1 Maccabees 1,39

"All the pagan nations obeyed and respected the king's decree, and even in Israel many accepted the
imposed cult. They offered sacrifices to idols and no longer respected the Sabbath."
- 1 Maccabees 1,43

"In accordance with it, burnt offerings, sacrifices and other offerings in the sanctuary were suppressed. It
also ordered that Sabbaths and sacred feasts be like ordinary days."
- 1 Maccabees 1,45

"A strong force of the king pursued and overtook them. They surrounded them and prepared themselves
for an attack. It was the day of the Sabbath."
- 1 Maccabees 2,32

"But they answered: "We will neither come out nor obey the king's order to violate the day of the
Sabbath.""
- 1 Maccabees 2,34

"The king's men attacked them on that Sabbath, and they all died - men, women and children - a total of
more than a thousand, not counting the livestock."
- 1 Maccabees 2,38

"On that day, they resolved to defend themselves against anyone who attacked them on the day of the
Sabbath, and not let themselves be killed, as had happened with their people in the hiding place."
- 1 Maccabees 2,41

"Bacchides found this out on the sabbath day, and with all his army he crossed the Jordan."
- 1 Maccabees 9,34

"He arrived with a strong army on the sabbath day at the banks of the Jordan."
- 1 Maccabees 9,43

"All feasts, sabbaths, new moons, special days and the three holy days before and after a feast shall be
days of exemption for all the Jews in my kingdom."
- 1 Maccabees 10,34

"Arriving in Jerusalem, under the pretext of peace, he waited until the holy day of the sabbath. Then he
took the Jews by surprise as they rested. He ordered his men to conduct a military parade,"
- 2 Maccabees 5,25

"It was no longer allowed to celebrate the sabbath or observe the customs of our fathers, or even to
declare oneself a Jew."
- 2 Maccabees 6,6

"Others who had assembled in nearby caves to celebrate the sabbath were denounced to Philip and they
allowed themselves to be burned. Because of the holiness of the sabbath day, they had scruples about
defending themselves."
- 2 Maccabees 6,11
"so they had to return because it was the vigil of the sabbath. That is why they stopped pursuing their
enemies."
- 2 Maccabees 8,26

"They gathered the weapons and the plunder of their enemies, and celebrated the sabbath on that day
with praise and thanksgiving to God who had just saved them and had begun to show them his mercy."
- 2 Maccabees 8,27

"After the sabbath, they divided part of the booty among those who had been tortured, the widows and
the orphans; and they divided the rest among themselves and their men."
- 2 Maccabees 8,28

"Judas reorganized his army, and then went to the city of Adullam. Since it was the week's end, they
purified themselves and celebrated the sabbath there."
- 2 Maccabees 12,38

"Nicanor was informed that the men of Judas were in the neighboring villages of Samaria, so he prepared
to safely attack them on the day of the sabbath."
- 2 Maccabees 15,1

"The Jews, who were forced to accompany him, said to him, "Do not destroy them so savagely and
barbarously, but show respect for the day of the sabbath, for He who sees all has honored this day and
sanctified it.""
- 2 Maccabees 15,2

"But the wretch asked if there was indeed a sovereign in heaven who had commanded that the sabbath
be holy."
- 2 Maccabees 15,3

"I am fed up with your oblations.

I grow sick with your incense.
Your New Moons, Sabbaths and meetings,
evil with holy assemblies,
I can no longer bear."
- Isaiah 1,13

"Blessed is the mortal who does these things, and perseveres in them, who does not defile the sabbath
and who refrains from evil."
- Isaiah 56,2

"For this is what Yahweh says: To the castrated men who keep my sabbaths, who choose to do what
pleases me and remain faithful to my covenant:"
- Isaiah 56,4

"Yahweh says to the foreigners who join him, serving him and loving his name, keeping his sabbath
unprofaned and remaining faithful to his covenant:"
- Isaiah 56,6

"If you stop profaning the sabbath

and doing as you please on the holy day,
if you call the sabbath a day of delight
and keep sacred Yahweh's holy day,
if you honor it by not going your own way,
not doing as you please
and not speaking with malice,"
- Isaiah 58,13

"From new moon to new moon, from sabbath to sabbath, every mortal will come to worship me, says
Yahweh."
- Isaiah 66,23

"For the sake of your lives, be careful not to carry a load on the sabbath day or bring it through the gates
of Jerusalem."
- Jeremiah 17,21

"Carry no burden out of your adobes and refrain from work on the day of the sabbath. Uphold its
sacredness as I commanded your forefathers."
- Jeremiah 17,22

"But if you pay attention - it is Yahweh who speaks - and keep the sabbath holy, not working or carrying
loads"
- Jeremiah 17,24

"But if you do not listen and do not keep the sabbath holy, if you work and carry loads through the gates
of Jerusalem, then I will set fire to those gates. It will burn the city and will not be quenched.""
- Jeremiah 17,27

"I also gave them my sabbaths to be a sign between us, letting them know that I am Yahweh who makes
them holy."
- Ezekiel 20,12

"But Israel rebelled against me in the desert. They did not follow my decrees, they despised my laws by
which man lives, provided he obeys them; they so profaned my sabbaths that in my fury I thought of
destroying them in the desert."
- Ezekiel 20,13

"because they had despised my laws and had not followed my decrees; they had profaned my sabbaths,
and their heart went after their idols."
- Ezekiel 20,16

"Keep my sabbaths holy and let them be a sign between us and you will know that I am Yahweh, your
God."
- Ezekiel 20,20

"But their children too rebelled against me; they did not follow my decrees or observe my laws; they did
not carry out these laws by which man lives provided he obeys them. They profaned my sabbaths and I
thought of pouring out my fury on them and exhausting my anger against them in the desert."
- Ezekiel 20,21

"but instead had defiled my sabbaths and had looked to the idols of their fathers."
- Ezekiel 20,24

"You have despised my holy things and profaned my sabbaths."

- Ezekiel 22,8

"Your priests have broken my laws and have profaned my holy things. They have made no distinction
between what is holy and what is common; they have not taught what difference there is between the
clean and the unclean. They have ignored my sabbath and I have been dishonored by them."
- Ezekiel 22,26

"At that time they defiled my sanctuary and profaned my sabbaths;"

- Ezekiel 23,38

"They are to be judges in disputes; they must judge in the spirit of my statutes; they must follow my laws
and ordinances at all my feasts and keep my sabbaths holy."
- Ezekiel 44,24

"The prince is to provide the burnt offerings, grain offerings and drink offerings for feasts, New Moons and
sabbaths, for all the solemn festivals of Israel. He is to provide the sacrifice for sin, oblation, holocaust
and communion sacrifices atoning for Israel."
- Ezekiel 45,17

"Thus speak Yahweh: The east gate of the inner court must be kept shut for the six working days. On the
sabbath day it is to be opened, as also on the day of the New Moon;"
- Ezekiel 46,1

"The people of the country are to prostrate themselves in the presence of Yahweh at the entrance to the
gate on sabbaths and days of the New Moon."
- Ezekiel 46,3

"On the sabbath day the prince shall offer six unblemished lambs and one unblemished ram for the burnt
offering."
- Ezekiel 46,4

"When the prince offers Yahweh a voluntary communion sacrifice, the east gate is to be opened for him,
and he is to offer his holocaust and his communion sacrifice as he does on the sabbath day; when he has
gone out, the gate is to be shut after him."
- Ezekiel 46,12

"I will bring an end to all her gladness,

her monthly feasts, sabbaths and celebrations."
- Hosea 2,13

"You who say, "When will the new moon or the sabbath feast be over that we may open the store and sell
our grain? Let us lower the measure and raise the price; let us cheat and tamper with the scales,"
- Amos 8,5

"Yahweh has wrecked her dwelling,

laid waste her place of meeting.
He has made Zion forget
her appointed feasts and sabbaths;
he has spurned in his fierce wrath
king and prophet and priest."
- Lamentations 2,6

"She covered herself in sackcloth, put on widow's garments and fasted all the days of her widowhood with
the exception of the eves of the Sabbath, the Sabbath day, the eves of the new moons, the days of the
new moons, and all the celebrations of the people of Israel."
- Judith 8,6

"she rose from the ground, and after calling her maidservant, she went down into the house where she
usually spent the sabbath days and the feasts."
- Judith 10,2

"It happened that Jesus walked through the wheat fields on a sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and
began to pick some heads of wheat and crush them to eat the grain."
- Matthew 12,1
"When the Pharisees noticed this, they said to Jesus, "Look at your disciples; they are doing what is
prohibited on the Sabbath!""
- Matthew 12,2

"And have you not read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the Temple break the Sabbath rest,
yet they are not guilty?"
- Matthew 12,5

"Besides the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.""

- Matthew 12,8

"A man was there with a paralyzed hand, and people who wanted to bring a charge against Jesus asked
him, "Is it permitted to heal on the Sabbath?""
- Matthew 12,10

"But he said to them, "What if one of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath? Will you not
take hold of your sheep and lift it out?"
- Matthew 12,11

"But a human person is much more valuable than a sheep! It is therefore permitted to do good on the
Sabbath.""
- Matthew 12,12

"Pray that it may not be in winter or on a sabbath that you flee."

- Matthew 24,20

"After the sabbath, at the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to
visit the tomb."
- Matthew 28,1

"They went into the town of Capernaum and Jesus began to teach in the synagogue during the sabbath
assemblies."
- Mark 1,21

"One sabbath he was walking through grainfields. As his disciples walked along with him, they began to
pick the heads of grain and crush them in their hands."
- Mark 2,23

"Then the Pharisees said to Jesus, "Look! they are doing what is forbidden on the sabbath!""
- Mark 2,24

"Then Jesus said to them, "The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath."
- Mark 2,27

"So the Son of Man is master even of the sabbath.""

- Mark 2,28

"and some people watched Jesus: Would he heal the man on the sabbath? If he did they could accuse
him."
- Mark 3,2

"Then he asked them, "What does the Law allow us to do on the sabbath? To do good or to do harm? To
save life or to kill?" But they were silent."
- Mark 3,4
"When the sabbath came, he began teaching in the synagogue, and most of those who heard him were
astonished. They commented, "How did this come to him? What kind of wisdom has been given to him
that he also performs such miracles?"
- Mark 6,2

"It was now evening and as it was Preparation Day, that is the day before the sabbath,"
- Mark 15,42

"When the sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so
that they might go and anoint the body."
- Mark 16,1

"When Jesus came to Nazareth where he had been brought up, he entered the synagogue on the
sabbath as he usually did."
- Luke 4,16

"Jesus went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee, and began teaching the people at the sabbath
meetings."
- Luke 4,31

"One sabbath Jesus was going through the corn fields and his disciples began to pick heads of grain
crushing them in their hands for food."
- Luke 6,1

"Some of the Pharisees asked them, "Why do you do what is forbidden on the sabbath?""
- Luke 6,2

"And Jesus added, "The Son of Man is Lord and rules over the sabbath.""
- Luke 6,5

"On another sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and began teaching. There was a man with a
paralyzed right hand"
- Luke 6,6

"and the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees watched him: Would Jesus heal the man on the sabbath?
If he did, they could accuse him."
- Luke 6,7

"Then he spoke to them, "I want to ask you: what is allowed by the Law on the sabbath, to do good or to
do harm, to save life or destroy it?""
- Luke 6,9

"Jesus was teaching in a synagogue on the sabbath"

- Luke 13,10

"But the ruler of the synagogue was indignant because Jesus had performed this healing on the sabbath
day and he said to the people, "There are six days in which to work; come on those days to be healed
and not on the sabbath.""
- Luke 13,14

"But the Lord replied, "You hypocrites! Everyone of you unties his ox or his donkey on the sabbath and
leads it out of the barn to give it water."
- Luke 13,15

"And here you have a daughter of Abraham whom Satan had bound for eighteen years. Should she not
be freed from her bonds on the sabbath?""
- Luke 13,16

"One sabbath Jesus had gone to eat a meal in the house of a leading Pharisee, and he was carefully
watched."
- Luke 14,1

"so Jesus asked the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees, "Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath or not?""
- Luke 14,3

"And he addressed them, "If your lamb or your ox falls into a well on a sabbath day, who among you
doesn't hurry to pull it out?""
- Luke 14,5

"It was Preparation Day and the star which marks the beginning of the sabbath was shining."
- Luke 23,54

"On the sabbath the women rested according to the commandment, but the first day of the week, at
dawn, they went to the tomb with the perfumes and ointments they had prepared."
- Luke 24,1

"And at once the man was healed, and he took up his mat and walked.
Now that day happened to be the sabbath. "
- John 5,9

"So the Jews said to the man who had just been healed, "It is the sabbath and the Law doesn't allow you
to carry your mat.""
- John 5,10

"So the Jews persecuted Jesus because he performed healings like that on the sabbath."
- John 5,16

"And the Jews tried all the harder to kill him, for Jesus not only broke the sabbath observance, but also
made himself equal with God, calling him his own Father."
- John 5,18

"But remember the circumcision ordered by Moses - actually it was not Moses but the ancestors who
began this practice. You circumcise a man even on the sabbath,"
- John 5,22

"and you would break the Law if you refused to do so because of the sabbath. How is it, then, that you
are indignant with me because I healed the whole person on the sabbath?"
- John 5,23

"Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made mud paste and opened his eyes."
- John 9,14

"Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for he works on the sabbath"; but others
wondered, "How can a sinner perform such miraculous signs?" They were divided"
- John 9,16

"As it was Preparation Day, the Jews did not want the bodies to remain on the cross during the sabbath,
for this sabbath was a very solemn day. They asked Pilate to have the legs of the condemned men
broken, so they might take away the bodies."
- John 19,31
"Now, on the first day after the sabbath, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it
was still dark and she saw that the stone blocking the tomb had been moved away."
- John 20,1

"On the evening of that day, the first day after the sabbath, the doors were locked where the disciples
were, because of their fear of the Jews, but Jesus came and stood in their midst. He said to them, "Peace
be with you";"
- John 20,19

"while they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. On the sabbath day they entered the
synagogue and sat down."
- Acts 13,14

"It is a fact that the inhabitants of Jerusalem and their leaders did not recognize Jesus. Yet in condemning
him, they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every sabbath but not understood."
- Acts 13,27

"As Paul and Barnabas withdrew, they were invited to speak again on the same subject the following
sabbath."
- Acts 13,42

"The following sabbath almost the entire city gathered to listen to Paul, who spoke a fairly long time about
the Lord."
- Acts 13,44

"For from the earliest times Moses has been taught in every place, and every sabbath his laws are
recalled.""
- Acts 15,21

"On the sabbath we went outside the city gate to the bank of the river where we thought the Jews would
gather to pray. We sat down and began speaking to the women who were gathering there."
- Acts 16,13

"As Paul used to do, he went to the synagogue and on three sabbaths he held discussions with them
about the Scriptures."
- Acts 17,2

"Every sabbath he held discussions in the synagogue, trying to convince both Jews and Greeks."
- Acts 18,4

"So, then, let no one criticize you in matters of food or drink or for not observing festivals, new moons or
the sabbath."
- Colossians 2,16

"Then some other rest, or sabbath, is reserved for the people of God."
- Hebrews 4,9