Mark 2:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;

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  • Col 2:16 : 16 For this reason let no man be your judge in any question of food or drink or feast days or new moons or Sabbaths:
  • Deut 5:14 : 14 But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day do no work, you or your son or your daughter, or your man-servant or your woman-servant, or your ox or your ass or any of your cattle, or the man from a strange country who is living among you; so that your man-servant and your woman-servant may have rest as well as you.
  • Exod 23:12 : 12 For six days do your work, and on the seventh day keep the Sabbath; so that your ox and your ass may have rest, together with the son of your servant and the man from a strange land living among you.
  • Luke 6:9 : 9 And Jesus said, I put the question to you, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to take it away?
  • John 7:23 : 23 If a child is given circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?
  • Neh 9:13-14 : 13 And you came down on Mount Sinai, and your voice came to them from heaven, giving them right decisions and true laws, good rules and orders: 14 And you gave them word of your holy Sabbath, and gave them orders and rules and a law, by the hand of Moses your servant:
  • Isa 58:13 : 13 If you keep the Sabbath with care, not doing your business on my holy day; and if the Sabbath seems to you a delight, and the new moon of the Lord a thing to be honoured; and if you give respect to him by not doing your business, or going after your pleasure, or saying unholy words;
  • Ezek 20:12 : 12 And further, I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, so that it might be clear that I, who make them holy, am the Lord.
  • Ezek 20:20 : 20 And keep my Sabbaths holy; and they will be a sign between me and you so that it may be clear to you that I am the Lord your God.
  • 1 Cor 3:21-22 : 21 So let no one take pride in men. For all things are yours; 22 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 we go through all things on account of you, because the greater the number to whom the grace is given, the greater is the praise to the glory of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 2:28
    86%

    28 So that the Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.

  • Luke 6:1-7
    7 verses
    81%

    1 Now it came about that on the Sabbath he was going through the fields of grain, and his disciples took the heads of the grain for food, crushing them in their hands.

    2 But some of the Pharisees said, Why do you do what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?

    3 And Jesus said, Have you not seen in the Writings what David did when he was in need of food, he, and those who were with him;

    4 How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

    5 And he said, The Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.

    6 And it came about, on another Sabbath, that he went into the Synagogue and was teaching there. And a man was there whose right hand was dead.

    7 And the scribes and Pharisees were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath, so that they might be able to say something against him.

  • Matt 12:7-12
    6 verses
    81%

    7 But if these words had been in your minds, My desire is for mercy and not for offerings, you would not have been judging those who have done no wrong.

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

    9 And he went from there into their Synagogue:

    10 And there was a man with a dead hand. And they put a question to him, saying, Is it right to make a man well on the Sabbath day? so that they might have something against him.

    11 And he said to them, Which of you, having a sheep, if it gets into a hole on the Sabbath day, will not put out a helping hand and get it back?

    12 Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! For this reason it is right to do good on the Sabbath day.

  • Mark 2:23-26
    4 verses
    75%

    23 And it came about that on the Sabbath day he was going through the grain-fields; and while they were walking, his disciples took the heads of grain.

    24 And the Pharisees said to him, Why are they doing what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?

    25 And he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did, when he had need and was without food, he, and those who were with him?

    26 How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

  • Matt 12:1-5
    5 verses
    72%

    1 At that time Jesus went through the fields on the Sabbath day; and his disciples, being in need of food, were taking the heads of grain.

    2 But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, See, your disciples do that which it is not right to do on the Sabbath.

    3 But he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did when he had need of food, and those who were with him?

    4 How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread which it was not right for him or for those who were with him to take, but only for the priests?

    5 Or is it not said in the law, how the Sabbath is broken by the priests in the Temple and they do no wrong?

  • Luke 6:9
    72%

    9 And Jesus said, I put the question to you, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to take it away?

  • Luke 14:3
    72%

    3 And Jesus, answering, said to the scribes and Pharisees, Is it right to make people well on the Sabbath or not?

  • John 5:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9 And the man became well straight away, and took up his bed and went. Now that day was the Sabbath.

    10 So the Jews said to the man who had been made well, It is the Sabbath; and it is against the law for you to take up your bed.

  • Mark 3:4
    71%

    4 And he said to them, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to put to death? But they said nothing.

  • Luke 13:14-16
    3 verses
    71%

    14 And the ruler of the Synagogue was angry because Jesus had made her well on the Sabbath, and he said to the people, There are six days in which men may do work: so come on those days to be made well, and not on the Sabbath.

    15 But the Lord gave him an answer and said, O you false men! do you not, every one of you, on the Sabbath, let loose his ox and his ass and take it to the water?

    16 And is it not right for this daughter of Abraham, who has been in the power of Satan for eighteen years, to be made free on the Sabbath?

  • John 7:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22 Moses gave you circumcision--not that it comes from Moses, but from the fathers--and even on the Sabbath you give a child circumcision.

    23 If a child is given circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?

  • Exod 20:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10 But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day you are to do no work, you or your son or your daughter, your man-servant or your woman-servant, your cattle or the man from a strange country who is living among you:

    11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and everything in them, and he took his rest on the seventh day: for this reason the Lord has given his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy.

  • Luke 14:5
    70%

    5 And he said to them, Which of you, whose ox or ass has got into a water-hole, will not straight away get him out on the Sabbath?

  • Luke 13:10
    70%

    10 And he was teaching in one of the Synagogues on the Sabbath.

  • Exod 16:29
    69%

    29 See, because the Lord has given you the Sabbath, he gives you on the sixth day bread enough for two days; let every man keep where he is; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

  • Mark 3:2
    69%

    2 And they were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath day, so that they might have something against him.

  • John 5:18
    69%

    18 For this cause the Jews had an even greater desire to put Jesus to death, because not only did he not keep the Sabbath but he said God was his Father, so making himself equal with God.

  • Exod 31:17
    68%

    17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever; because in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he took his rest and had pleasure in it.

  • John 9:14
    68%

    14 Now the day on which the earth was mixed by Jesus and the man's eyes were made open was the Sabbath.

  • Gen 2:2-3
    2 verses
    68%

    2 And on the seventh day God came to the end of all his work; and on the seventh day he took his rest from all the work which he had done.

    3 And God gave his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy: because on that day he took his rest from all the work which he had made and done.

  • Luke 14:1
    68%

    1 And it came about that when he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees on the Sabbath, to have a meal, they were watching him.

  • Matt 19:4
    68%

    4 And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said,

  • Exod 20:8
    67%

    8 Keep in memory the Sabbath and let it be a holy day.

  • Isa 58:13
    67%

    13 If you keep the Sabbath with care, not doing your business on my holy day; and if the Sabbath seems to you a delight, and the new moon of the Lord a thing to be honoured; and if you give respect to him by not doing your business, or going after your pleasure, or saying unholy words;

  • Isa 56:2
    67%

    2 Happy is the man who does this, and the son of man whose behaviour is so ordered; who keeps the Sabbath holy, and his hand from doing any evil.

  • John 5:16
    67%

    16 And for this reason the Jews were turned against Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.