Mark 2:23

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Lord of the Sabbath Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples began to pick some heads of wheat as they made their way.

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  • Matt 12:1-8 : 1 Lord of the Sabbath At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on a Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pick heads of wheat and eat them. 2 But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him,“Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath.” 3 He said to them,“Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry– 4 how he entered the house of God and they ate the sacred bread, which was against the law for him or his companions to eat, but only for the priests? 5 Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty? 6 I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. 7 If you had known what this means:‘I want mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent. 8 For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”
  • Luke 6:1-5 : 1 Lord of the Sabbath Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples picked some heads of wheat, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them. 2 But some of the Pharisees said,“Why are you doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?” 3 Jesus answered them,“Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry– 4 how he entered the house of God, took and ate the sacred bread, which is not lawful for any to eat but the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?” 5 Then he said to them,“The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”
  • Deut 23:24-25 : 24 When you enter the vineyard of your neighbor you may eat as many grapes as you please, but you must not take away any in a container. 25 When you go into the ripe grain fields of your neighbor you may pluck off the kernels with your hand, but you must not use a sickle on your neighbor’s ripe grain.

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  • Matt 12:1-5
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    1Lord of the Sabbath At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on a Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pick heads of wheat and eat them.

    2But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him,“Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath.”

    3He said to them,“Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry–

    4how he entered the house of God and they ate the sacred bread, which was against the law for him or his companions to eat, but only for the priests?

    5Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?

  • Luke 6:1-7
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    91%

    1Lord of the Sabbath Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples picked some heads of wheat, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them.

    2But some of the Pharisees said,“Why are you doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?”

    3Jesus answered them,“Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry–

    4how he entered the house of God, took and ate the sacred bread, which is not lawful for any to eat but the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?”

    5Then he said to them,“The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

    6Healing a Withered Hand On another Sabbath, Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching. Now a man was there whose right hand was withered.

    7The experts in the law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a reason to accuse him.

  • Mark 2:24-28
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    24So the Pharisees said to him,“Look, why are they doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?”

    25He said to them,“Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry–

    26how he entered the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the sacred bread, which is against the law for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to his companions?”

    27Then he said to them,“The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath.

    28For this reason the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”

  • Deut 23:25
    76%

    25When you go into the ripe grain fields of your neighbor you may pluck off the kernels with your hand, but you must not use a sickle on your neighbor’s ripe grain.

  • Luke 14:1
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    1Healing Again on the Sabbath Now one Sabbath when Jesus went to dine at the house of a leader of the Pharisees, they were watching him closely.

  • Matt 12:8-12
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    8For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

    9Then Jesus left that place and entered their synagogue.

    10A man was there who had a withered hand. And they asked Jesus,“Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” so that they could accuse him.

    11He said to them,“Would not any one of you, if he had one sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, take hold of it and lift it out?

    12How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

  • Mark 3:4
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    4Then he said to them,“Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath, or evil, to save a life or destroy it?” But they were silent.

  • Luke 13:10
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    10Healing on the Sabbath Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath,

  • Luke 14:5
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    5Then he said to them,“Which of you, if you have a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?”

  • John 9:14
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    14(Now the day on which Jesus made the mud and caused him to see was a Sabbath.)

  • Mark 3:1-2
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    1Healing a Withered Hand Then Jesus entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a withered hand.

    2They watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they could accuse him.

  • Luke 14:3
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    3So Jesus asked the experts in religious law and the Pharisees,“Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”

  • Luke 6:9
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    9Then Jesus said to them,“I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy it?”

  • Mark 7:5
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    5The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him,“Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?”

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    2And they saw that some of Jesus’ disciples ate their bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed.

  • Mark 1:21
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    21Jesus’ Authority Then they went to Capernaum. When the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.

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    5“A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled on, and the wild birds devoured it.

  • John 5:9
    70%

    9Immediately the man was healed, and he picked up his mat and started walking.(Now that day was a Sabbath.)

  • John 7:23
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    23But if a male child is circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses is not broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?

  • Matt 15:2
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    2“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat.”

  • Neh 13:15
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    15In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath, bringing in heaps of grain and loading them onto donkeys, along with wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of loads, and bringing them to Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them on the day that they sold these provisions.

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    2At harvest time he sent a slave to the tenants to collect from them his portion of the crop.

  • Num 15:32
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    32When the Israelites were in the wilderness they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day.

  • Mark 4:3
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    3“Listen! A sower went out to sow.

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    15Then the Lord answered him,“You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from its stall, and lead it to water?

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    12Cursing of the Fig Tree Now the next day, as they went out from Bethany, he was hungry.

  • Luke 4:31
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    31Ministry in Capernaum So he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he began to teach the people.

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    22Stilling of a Storm One day Jesus got into a boat with his disciples and said to them,“Let’s go across to the other side of the lake.” So they set out,

  • Luke 8:9
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    9Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.

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    12Then the disciples came to him and said,“Do you know that when the Pharisees heard this saying they were offended?”

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    6They reap fodder in the field, and glean in the vineyard of the wicked.