Contradiction with Matthew 12:1-8
Jesus responds that the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath, allowing what is not lawful according to the Pharisees, showing flexibility unknown to the Sabbath law.
Matthew 12:1-8: At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
Contradiction with Matthew 12:5
Priests work on the Sabbath, yet they're blameless, contradicting the Pharisees' strict interpretation.
Matthew 12:5: Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
Contradiction with Mark 2:27
Jesus says the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath, contradicting rigid Sabbath laws.
Mark 2:27: And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Contradiction with John 7:23
Jesus speaks of lawful circumcision on the Sabbath, demonstrating exceptions to strict Sabbath interpretations.
John 7:23: If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day? [that...: or, without breaking the law of Moses]