Mark 2:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁷ Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for humankind and not humankind for the Sabbath,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ And Jesus said to them, The Sabbath was made on account and for the sake of man, not man for the Sabbath; [Exod. 23:12; Deut. 5:14.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

Common English Bible

²⁷ Then he said, “The Sabbath was created for humans; humans weren’t created for the Sabbath.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ And he said to them: "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ And he said to them: The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath.

Mark 2:27 Cross References

Exodus 23:12

“Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest so that your ox and your donkey may have relief and your homeborn slave and the resident alien may be refreshed.

Isaiah 58:13

If you refrain from trampling the Sabbath, from pursuing your own interests on my holy day; if you call the Sabbath a delight and the holy day of the Lord honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, serving your own interests or pursuing your own affairs;

Ezekiel 20:12

Moreover, I gave them my Sabbaths, as a sign between me and them, so that they might know that I the Lord sanctify them.

Ezekiel 20:20

and hallow my Sabbaths that they may be a sign between me and you, so that you may know that I the Lord am your God.”

Mark 2:28

so the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”

Luke 6:9

Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save life or to destroy it?”

John 7:23

If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath in order that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I healed a man’s whole body on the Sabbath?

2 Corinthians 4:15

Indeed, everything is for your sake, so that grace, when it has extended to more and more people, may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

Deuteronomy 5:12

“ ‘Observe the Sabbath day and keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you.

Deuteronomy 5:14

But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, or your son or your daughter, or your male or female slave, or your ox or your donkey, or any of your livestock, or the resident alien in your towns, so that your male and female slave may rest as well as you.

Colossians 2:16

Therefore, do not let anyone condemn you in matters of food or drink or of observing festivals, new moons, or Sabbaths.