Mark 3:4 - English Majority Text Version 2009

⁴ Then He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?"But they kept silent.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And He said to them, Is it lawful and right on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to take it? But they kept silence.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And 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.

Common English Bible

⁴ Then he said to them, “Is it legal on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they said nothing.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And he said to them: "Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbaths, or to do evil, to give health to a life, or to destroy?" But they remained silent.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ And he saith to them: Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy? But they held their peace.

Mark 3:4 Cross References

Mark 3:3

And He said to the [one] who had the withered hand, "Step forward."

Mark 3:5

And looking around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand."And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other.

Mark 9:34

But they were silent, for on the road they had discussed with one another who [was] greater.

Luke 6:9

Then Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one thing: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?"