Mark 2:27

KJV1611 – Modern English

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 Let no one therefore judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days;
  • Deut 5:14 : 14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates; that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.
  • Exod 23:12 : 12 Six days you shall work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your maidservant and the foreigner may be refreshed.
  • Luke 6:9 : 9 Then said Jesus to them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the Sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?
  • John 7:23 : 23 If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?
  • Neh 9:13-14 : 13 You came down also on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them just statutes and true laws, good statutes and commandments. 14 You made known to them Your holy Sabbath, and commanded them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses Your servant.
  • Isa 58:13 : 13 If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy day of the LORD, honorable; and shall honor him, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words:
  • Ezek 20:12 : 12 Moreover I also gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
  • Ezek 20:20 : 20 And hallow my sabbaths, and they shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.
  • 1 Cor 3:21-22 : 21 Therefore let no one boast 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 abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many abound to the glory of God.

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  • Mark 2:28
    86%

    28Therefore, the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath.

  • Luke 6:1-7
    7 verses
    81%

    1And it happened on the second Sabbath after the first, that he went through the grain fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of grain, and ate, rubbing them in their hands.

    2And some of the Pharisees said to them, Why do you do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath days?

    3And Jesus answered them, Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him;

    4How he went into the house of God, and took and ate the showbread, and also gave to those who were with him, which it is not lawful to eat except for the priests alone?

    5And he said to them, The Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath.

    6And it also happened on another Sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered.

    7And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the Sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.

  • Matt 12:7-12
    6 verses
    81%

    7But if you had known what this means, I desire mercy and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the innocent.

    8For the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath day.

    9And when he departed from there, he went into their synagogue:

    10And behold, there was a man who had a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath days? that they might accuse him.

    11And he said to them, What man among you, who has one sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, will not lay hold of it, and lift it out?

    12How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep? Therefore, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath days.

  • Mark 2:23-26
    4 verses
    75%

    23And it happened that he went through the grain fields on the Sabbath, and his disciples began to pluck the heads of grain as they went.

    24And the Pharisees said to him, Look, why do they do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?

    25And he said to them, Have you never read what David did, when he needed and was hungry, he and those with him?

    26How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the showbread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and also gave to those who were with him?

  • Matt 12:1-5
    5 verses
    72%

    1At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the heads of grain and to eat.

    2But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, Look, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day.

    3But he said to them, Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him;

    4how he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?

    5Or have you not read in the law, how on the Sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?

  • Luke 6:9
    72%

    9Then said Jesus to them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the Sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?

  • Luke 14:3
    72%

    3And Jesus answered, speaking to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

  • John 5:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9And immediately the man was made whole, took up his bed, and walked. And on that day was the Sabbath.

    10The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, 'It is the Sabbath day; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.'

  • Mark 3:4
    71%

    4And he said to them, Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath days, or to do evil? To save life, or to kill? But they remained silent.

  • Luke 13:14-16
    3 verses
    71%

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

    15The Lord then answered him, and said, You hypocrite, does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water?

    16And should not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, indeed these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?

  • John 7:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22Moses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

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

  • Exod 20:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor the stranger who is within your gates.

    11For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

  • Luke 14:5
    70%

    5And answered them, saying, Which of you, having a donkey or an ox fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the sabbath day?

  • Luke 13:10
    70%

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

  • Exod 16:29
    69%

    29See, the LORD has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day bread for two days. Let every man remain 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.

  • Exod 31:17
    68%

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

  • John 9:14
    68%

    14And it was the Sabbath 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 sanctified it, because on it He had rested from all His work which God created and made.

  • Luke 14:1
    68%

    1And it happened, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

  • Matt 19:4
    68%

    4And he answered and said to them, Have you not read that he who made them at the beginning made them male and female,

  • Exod 20:8
    67%

    8Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

  • Isa 58:13
    67%

    13If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy day of the LORD, honorable; and shall honor him, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words:

  • Isa 56:2
    67%

    2Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who takes hold of it; who keeps the sabbath from polluting it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.