Mark 2:27

American Standard Version (1901)

And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

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  • Col 2:16 : 16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day:
  • Deut 5:14 : 14 but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou.
  • Exod 23:12 : 12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the sojourner, may be refreshed.
  • Luke 6:9 : 9 And Jesus said unto them, I ask you, Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good, or to do harm? to save a life, or to destroy it?
  • John 7:23 : 23 If a man receiveth circumcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are ye wroth with me, because I made a man every whit whole on the sabbath?
  • Neh 9:13-14 : 13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments, 14 and madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses thy servant,
  • Isa 58:13 : 13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, [and] the holy of Jehovah honorable; and shalt honor it, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking [thine own] words:
  • Ezek 20:12 : 12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Jehovah that sanctifieth them.
  • Ezek 20:20 : 20 and hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.
  • 1 Cor 3:21-22 : 21 Wherefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours; 22 whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
  • 2 Cor 4:15 : 15 For all things [are] for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound unto the glory of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 2:28
    86%

    28so that the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath.

  • Luke 6:1-7
    7 verses
    81%

    1Now it came to pass on a sabbath, that he was going through the grainfields; and his disciples plucked the ears, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.

    2But certain of the Pharisees said, Why do ye that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath day?

    3And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read even this, what David did, when he was hungry, he, and they that were with him;

    4how he entered into the house of God, and took and ate the showbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat save for the priests alone?

    5And he said unto them, The Son of man is lord of the sabbath.

    6And it came to pass on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man there, and his right hand was withered.

    7And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath; that they might find how to accuse him.

  • Matt 12:7-12
    6 verses
    81%

    7But if ye had known what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

    8For the Son of man is lord of the sabbath.

    9And he departed thence, and went into their synagogue:

    10and behold, a man having a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? that they might accuse him.

    11And he said unto them, What man shall there be of you, that shall have one sheep, and if this fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?

    12How much then is a man of more value than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day.

  • Mark 2:23-26
    4 verses
    75%

    23And it came to pass, that he was going on the sabbath day through the grainfields; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears.

    24And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

    25And he said unto them, Did ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry, he, and they that were with him?

    26How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the showbread, which it is not lawful to eat save for the priests, and gave also to them that were with him?

  • Matt 12:1-5
    5 verses
    72%

    1At that season Jesus went on the sabbath day through the grainfields; and his disciples were hungry and began to pluck ears and to eat.

    2But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do upon the sabbath.

    3But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they that were with him;

    4how he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them that were with him, but only for the priests?

    5Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless?

  • Luke 6:9
    72%

    9And Jesus said unto them, I ask you, Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good, or to do harm? to save a life, or to destroy it?

  • Luke 14:3
    72%

    3And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not?

  • John 5:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9And straightway the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the sabbath on that day.

    10So the Jews said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed.

  • Mark 3:4
    71%

    4And he saith unto them, Is it lawful on the sabbath day to do good, or to do harm? to save a life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

  • Luke 13:14-16
    3 verses
    71%

    14And the ruler of the synagogue, being moved with indignation because Jesus had healed on the sabbath, answered and said to the multitude, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the day of the sabbath.

    15But the Lord answered him, and said, Ye hypocrites, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?

    16And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound, lo, [these] eighteen years, to have been loosed from this bond on the day of the sabbath?

  • John 7:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22Moses hath given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers); and on the sabbath ye circumcise a man.

    23If a man receiveth circumcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are ye wroth with me, because I made a man every whit whole on the sabbath?

  • Exod 20:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

    11for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

  • Luke 14:5
    70%

    5And he said unto them, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a well, and will not straightway draw him up on a sabbath day?

  • Luke 13:10
    70%

    10And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath day.

  • Exod 16:29
    69%

    29See, for that Jehovah hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

  • Mark 3:2
    69%

    2And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.

  • John 5:18
    69%

    18For this cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only brake the sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

  • Exod 31:17
    68%

    17It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

  • John 9:14
    68%

    14Now it was the sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

  • Gen 2:2-3
    2 verses
    68%

    2And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

    3And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made.

  • Luke 14:1
    68%

    1And it came to pass, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.

  • Matt 19:4
    68%

    4And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made [them] from the beginning made them male and female,

  • Exod 20:8
    67%

    8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

  • Isa 58:13
    67%

    13If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, [and] the holy of Jehovah honorable; and shalt honor it, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking [thine own] words:

  • Isa 56:2
    67%

    2Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that holdeth it fast; that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

  • John 5:16
    67%

    16And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.