Mark 2:27

Good News Translation (US Version)

And Jesus concluded, “The Sabbath was made for the good of human beings; they were not made for the Sabbath.

Cross References

Colossians 2:16

So let no one make rules about what you eat or drink or about holy days or the New Moon Festival or the Sabbath.

Luke 6:9

Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you: What does our Law allow us to do on the Sabbath? To help or to harm? To save someone's life or destroy it?”

Deuteronomy 5:14

but the seventh day is a day of rest dedicated to me. On that day no one is to work—neither you, your children, your slaves, your animals, nor the foreigners who live in your country. Your slaves must rest just as you do.

Ezekiel 20:12

I made the keeping of the Sabbath a sign of the agreement between us, to remind them that I, the Lord, make them holy.

Isaiah 58:13

The Lord says, “If you treat the Sabbath as sacred and do not pursue your own interests on that day; if you value my holy day and honor it by not traveling, working, or talking idly on that day,

Ezekiel 20:20

Make the Sabbath a holy day, so that it will be a sign of the covenant we made, and will remind you that I am the Lord your God.

Exodus 23:12

“Work six days a week, but do no work on the seventh day, so that your slaves and the foreigners who work for you and even your animals can rest.

John 7:23

If a boy is circumcised on the Sabbath so that Moses' Law is not broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?

2 Corinthians 4:15

All this is for your sake; and as God's grace reaches more and more people, they will offer to the glory of God more prayers of thanksgiving.

Deuteronomy 5:12

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

Mark 2:28

So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”