Mark 2:27

New Century Version

Then Jesus said to the Pharisees, “The Sabbath day was made to help people; they were not made to be ruled by the Sabbath day.

Cross References

Exodus 23:12

“You should work six days a week, but on the seventh day you must rest. This lets your ox and your donkey rest, and it also lets the slave born in your house and the foreigner be refreshed.

Isaiah 58:13

“You must obey God’s law about the Sabbath and not do what pleases yourselves on that holy day. You should call the Sabbath a joyful day and honor it as the Lord’s holy day. You should honor it by not doing whatever you please nor saying whatever you please on that day.

Ezekiel 20:12

I also gave them my Sabbaths to be a sign between us so they would know that I am the Lord who made them holy.

Ezekiel 20:20

Keep my Sabbaths holy, and they will be a sign between me and you. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.”

Mark 2:28

So then, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath day.”

Luke 6:9

Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath day: to do good or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy it?”

John 7:23

If a baby boy can be circumcised on a Sabbath day to obey the law of Moses, why are you angry at me for healing a person’s whole body on the Sabbath day?

2 Corinthians 4:15

All these things are for you. And so the grace of God that is being given to more and more people will bring increasing thanks to God for his glory.

Deuteronomy 5:12

“Keep the Sabbath as a holy day, as the Lord your God has commanded you.

Deuteronomy 5:14

but the seventh day is a day of rest to honor the Lord your God. On that day no one may do any work: not you, your son or daughter, your male or female slaves, your ox, your donkey, or any of your animals, or the foreigners living in your cities. That way your servants may rest as you do.

Colossians 2:16

So do not let anyone make rules for you about eating and drinking or about a religious feast, a New Moon Festival, or a Sabbath day.