Mark 2:27 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁷ And He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man 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.

Mark 2:27 Cross References

Exodus 23:12

“Six days you are to do your work, and on the seventh day you rest, in order that your ox and your donkey might rest, and the son of your female servant and the sojourner be refreshed.

Isaiah 58:13

“If you do turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on My set-apart day, and shall call the Sabbath ‘a delight,’ the set-apart day of יהוה  ‘esteemed,’ and shall esteem it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words,

Ezekiel 20:12

“And I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, to know that I am יהוה  who sets them apart.

Ezekiel 20:20

‘And set apart My Sabbaths, and they shall be a sign between Me and you, to know that I am יהוה  your Elohim.’

Mark 2:28

“So the Son of Aḏ

Luke 6:9

Then יהושע  said to them, “I ask you, is it right to do good on the Sabbath, or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”

John 7:23

“If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath, so that the Torah of Mosheh should not be broken, are you wroth with Me because I made a man entirely well on the Sabbath?

2 Corinthians 4:15

For all this is for your sake, so that favour, having spread through the many, would cause thanksgiving to overflow, unto the esteem of Elohim.

Deuteronomy 5:12

‘Guard the Sabbath day, to set it apart, as יהוה  your Elohim commanded you.

Deuteronomy 5:14

but the seventh day is a Sabbath of יהוה  your Elohim. You do 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, so that your male servant and your female servant rest as you do.

Colossians 2:16

Let no one therefore judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths –