Mark 3:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² And they were watching Him, whether He would heal him on the Sabbath, so as to accuse Him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And [the Pharisees] kept watching Jesus [closely] to see whether He would cure him on the Sabbath, so that they might get a charge to bring against Him [formally].

American Standard Version (1901)

² And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.

Common English Bible

² Wanting to bring charges against Jesus, they were watching Jesus closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And they observed him, to see if he would cure on the Sabbaths, so that they might accuse him.

Mark 3:2 Cross References

Psalm 37:32

The wrong one is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to slay him.

Jeremiah 20:10

For I heard many mocking, “Fear on every side!” “Expose,” they say, “yea, let us expose him!” All my friends watched for my stumbling, saying, “He might be lured away, so that we prevail against him, and take our revenge on him.”

Daniel 6:4

Then the governors and viceroys sought to find occasion against Dani’ĕ

Matthew 12:10

And see, there was a man having a withered hand. And they asked Him, saying, “Is it right to heal on the Sabbath?” – so as to accuse Him.

Mark 3:3

And He said to the man who had the withered hand, “Get up to the middle.”

Luke 14:1

And it came to be, as He went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they were watching Him closely.

Luke 20:20

And keeping a close watch on Him, they sent spies who pretended to be righteous, to catch Him in a word, in order to deliver Him to the rule and to the authority of the governor.

Luke 6:7

And the scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely, whether He would heal on the Sabbath, for them to find an accusation against Him.

John 8:6

And this they said, trying Him, so that they might accuse Him. But יהושע, bending down, wrote on the ground with the finger, as though He did not hear.

John 9:16

Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This Man is not from Elohim, because He does not guard the Sabbath.” Others said, “How is a man who is a sinner able to do such miracles?” And there was a division among them.