Mark 2:27

New International Version

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

Cross References

Colossians 2:16

Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day.

Luke 6:9

Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is 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 a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns, so that your male and female servants may rest, as you do.

Ezekiel 20:12

Also I gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between us, so they would know that I the Lord made them holy.

Isaiah 58:13

“If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,

Ezekiel 20:20

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

Exodus 23:12

“Six days do your work, but on the seventh day do not work, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and so that the slave born in your household and the foreigner living among you may be refreshed.

John 7:23

Now if a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing a man’s whole body on the Sabbath?

2 Corinthians 4:15

All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.

Deuteronomy 5:12

“Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the Lord your God has commanded you.

Mark 2:28

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