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Mark 2:24

The law

22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.

23 And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.

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?

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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 the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

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  • Hebrews 12:3

    For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

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  • Matthew 12:2

    But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.

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  • Isaiah 58:13

    If 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:

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  • Exodus 31:15

    Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

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  • Isaiah 56:4

    For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;

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  • Jeremiah 17:20–27

    And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:

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  • Numbers 15:32–36

    And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.

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