Mark 2:27

The Passion Translation

Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for the sake of people, and not people for the Sabbath.

Cross References

Isaiah 58:13

“If you stop pursuing your own desires on my holy day, and refrain from disregarding the Sabbath, if you call the Sabbath a delightful pleasure and Yahweh’s holy day honorable, if you honor it properly by not chasing your own desires, serving your own interests, and speaking empty words,

Ezekiel 20:12

And I also gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between me and them so that they might know that I, Yahweh, am the one who sets them apart as my own.

Ezekiel 20:20

Keep my Sabbaths as holy days. Let them be a covenant-sign between me and you, to remind you that I am Yahweh your God.’

Mark 2:28

For this reason the Son of Man exercises his lordship over the Sabbath.”

Luke 6:9

Jesus said to all who were there, “Let me ask you a question. Which is better: to heal or to do harm on the Sabbath? I have come to save a life, but you have come to find a life to destroy.”

John 7:23

So if you cut away part of a man on the Sabbath and that doesn’t break the Jewish law, why then would you be indignant with me for making a man completely healed on the Sabbath?

2 Corinthians 4:15

Yes, all things work for your enrichment so that more of God’s marvelous grace will spread to more and more people, resulting in an even greater increase of praise to God, bringing him even more glory!

Colossians 2:16

So why would you allow anyone to judge you because of what you eat or drink, or insist that you keep the feasts, observe new moon celebrations, or the Sabbath?