Mark 2:27

Modern English Version

Then He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

Cross References

Colossians 2:16

Therefore let no one judge you regarding food, or drink, or in respect of a holy day or new moon or sabbath days.

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 destroy it?”

Deuteronomy 5:14

but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. On it you shall 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 livestock, nor the foreigner that is within your gates, so that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.

Ezekiel 20:12

Moreover I gave them My Sabbaths to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.

Isaiah 58:13

If because of the Sabbath you turn away your foot from doing your pleasure on My holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy day of the Lord honorable, and honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words,

Ezekiel 20:20

And make holy My Sabbaths. And they shall be a sign between Me and you that you may know that I am the Lord your God.

Exodus 23:12

For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female servant and the foreigner may refresh themselves.

John 7:23

If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath day, so that the Law of Moses should not be broken, are you angry at Me because I completely healed a man on the Sabbath day?

2 Corinthians 4:15

All these things are for your sakes, so that the abundant grace through the thanksgiving of many might overflow to the glory of God.

Deuteronomy 5:12

Keep the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, just as the Lord your God has commanded you.

Mark 2:28

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