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Mark 2:24

The law

22 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.”

23 One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along.

So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”

25 Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?

26 During the high priesthood of Abiathar, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which was lawful only for the priests. And he gave some to his companions as well.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
KJV
And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
WEB
The Pharisees said to him, “Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?”
ASV
And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
DARBY
And the Pharisees said to him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath what is not lawful?
BLB
And the Pharisees were saying to Him, “Behold, why do they [do] on the Sabbaths what is not lawful?”
ÅB
Og fariseerne sa til ham: Se, hvorfor gjør de på sabbaten det som ikke er tillatt?
OTB
Fariseerne spurte ham: "Si oss, hvorfor gjør de det som regnes som ulovlig på sabbaten?"
B1930
Og fariseerne sa til ham: Se, hvorfor gjør de på sabbaten det som ikke er tillatt?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 20:10

    but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.

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  • Hebrews 12:3

    Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

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  • Matthew 12:2

    When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”

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  • Isaiah 58:13

    If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,

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  • Exodus 31:15

    For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.

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  • Isaiah 56:4

    For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant—

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  • Jeremiah 17:20–27

    Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, all people of Judah and Jerusalem who enter through these gates.

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  • Numbers 15:32–36

    While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day.

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