Mark 2:27

Modern King James Version

And He said to them, The sabbath came into being for man's sake, and not man for the sabbath's sake.

Cross References

Exodus 23:12

You shall do your work six days, and on the seventh day you shall rest, so that your ox and your ass may rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

Isaiah 58:13

If you turn your foot because of the Sabbath, from doing what you please on My holy days, and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of Jehovah, honorable; and shall honor Him, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words,

Ezekiel 20:12

And also I gave them My sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am Jehovah who sets them apart.

Ezekiel 20:20

and keep My sabbaths holy; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am Jehovah your God.

Mark 2:28

Therefore the Son of Man is also Lord of the sabbath.

Luke 6:9

Then Jesus said to them, I will ask you one thing: Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil, to save life, or to destroy it?

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 have made a man entirely sound on the sabbath day?

2 Corinthians 4:15

For all things are for your sake, so that the superabounding grace might be made to abound through the thanksgiving of the greater number, to the glory of God.

Deuteronomy 5:12

Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as Jehovah your God has commanded you.

Deuteronomy 5:14

But the seventh day shall be the sabbath of Jehovah your God. In it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your ox, nor your ass, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger inside your gates, so that your manservant and your maidservant may rest like yourself.

Colossians 2:16

Therefore let no one judge you in food or in drink, or in respect of a feast, or of the new moon, or of the sabbaths.