Mark 2:24 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

And the Pharisees asked Him, “Look, why are they [i.e., Jesus’ disciples] doing what is against the Law of Moses on the Sabbath day?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And the Pharisees said to Him, Look! Why are they doing what is not permitted or lawful on the Sabbath?

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

The Pharisees said to Jesus, “Look! Why are they breaking the Sabbath law?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

But the Pharisees said to him, "Behold, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbaths?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Mark 2:24 Cross References

Matthew 12:2

But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is against the Law of Moses to do on a Sabbath day.”

Mark 2:16

And when the experts in the Law of Moses, being Pharisees [i.e., a strict sect of the Jewish religion], saw that He was eating with tax collectors and worldly people, they said to His disciples, “Why does Jesus eat and drink with tax collectors and worldly people?”

Mark 2:25

And He replied to them, “Did you never read what King David did when he and his men were hungry and needed something to eat? [See I Sam. 21:6].

Mark 2:7

“Why does this man talk this way? He is speaking against God. Who can forgive sins except one, that is, God?”

Hebrews 12:3

Now think about how Jesus endured such opposition against Himself from sinners, so that you do not grow weary and become discouraged [yourself].