break the Sabbath

Verb

 * 1)  To violate (the holiness or sanctity of) the Sabbath (by not keeping it holy).
 * Matthew 12:5 Or have you not read in the Law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and are innocent? (New American Standard Bible, ©1995)

Translations

 * Esperanto: profani la sabaton, malsanktigi la sabaton
 * French: violer le sabbat, profaner le sabbat
 * German: den Sabbat brechen, den Sabbat entheiligen, den Sabbat schänden, den Sabbat entweihen
 * Romanian: încălca Sabatul
 * Volapük: säsaludükön jabati, viodön jabati