"The Jewish teachers prided themselves on their knowledge of the Scriptures, and in the Saviour's answer there was an implied rebuke for their ignorance of the Sacred Writings. “Have ye not read so much as this,” He said, “what David did, when himself was an hungered, and they which were with him; how he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread,... which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?” “And He said unto them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.” “Have ye not read in the law, how that on the Sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are blameless? But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.” “The Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath.” Luke 6:3, 4 ; Mark 2:27, 28 ; Matthew 12:5, 6 . DA 285.1"
"But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;"
The EGW passage directly quotes Matthew 12:3.
"And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:"
The EGW passage directly quotes Mark 2:27.
"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?"
The EGW passage directly quotes Matthew 12:5.
"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy."
The EGW passage directly references the Sabbath day, which is the central theme of Exodus 20:8. It's a clear and direct allusion.
"Christ would teach His disciples and His enemies that the service of God is first of all. The object of God's work in this world is the redemption of man; therefore that which is necessary to be done on the Sabbath in the accomplishment of this work is in accord with the Sabbath law. Jesus then crowned His argument by declaring Himself the “Lord of the Sabbath,”—One above all question and above all law. This infinite Judge acquits the disciples of blame, appealing to the very statutes they are accused of violating. DA 285.3"
"For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day."
The EGW passage directly quotes and expands upon Matthew 12:8, where Jesus declares Himself Lord of the Sabbath.
"Jesus did not let the matter pass without administering a rebuke to His enemies. He declared that in their blindness they had mistaken the object of the Sabbath. He said, “If ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.” Matthew 12:7 . Their many heartless rites could not supply the lack of that truthful integrity and tender love which will ever characterize the true worshiper of God. DA 285.4"
"But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless."
Ellen White directly references Matthew 12:7 in this passage.