KJV King James Version
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
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Mark 2:27
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
WEB World English Bible
He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
ASV American Standard Version
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he said to them, ‘The sabbath for man was made, not man for the sabbath,
Surrounding context — Mark 2
24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
25 And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
26 How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandἔλεγενG3004 · legōto sayαὐτοῖς·G846 · autosit/s/heτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoσάββατονG4521 · sabbatonSabbathδιὰG1223 · diathrough/because ofτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἄνθρωπονG444 · anthrōposa humanἐγένετο,G1096 · ginomaito beκαὶG2532 · kaiandοὐχG3756 · ounoὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoἄνθρωποςG444 · anthrōposa humanδιὰG1223 · diathrough/because ofτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoσάββατον.G4521 · sabbatonSabbath
Cross-references
Colossians 2:16Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath [days]:Luke 6:9Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy [it]?Deuteronomy 5:14But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.Ezekiel 20:12Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I [am] the LORD that sanctify them.Isaiah 58:13If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, [from] doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking [thine own] words:Ezekiel 20:20And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I [am] the LORD your God.Exodus 23:12Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.John 7:23If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?Nehemiah 9:13-14Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:1 Corinthians 3:21-22Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;2 Corinthians 4:15For all things [are] for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
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