Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Jesus said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

King James Version

And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

Holman Bible

Then He told them, “The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath.

International Standard Version

Then he told them, "The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath.

A Conservative Version

And he said to them, The Sabbath came into being for sake of man, and not man for sake of the Sabbath.

American Standard Version

And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

Amplified

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

An Understandable Version

And Jesus said to them, "The Sabbath day was made for man's [benefit], and not man for the Sabbath [day's benefit].

Anderson New Testament

And he said to them: The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath.

Bible in Basic English

And he said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;

Common New Testament

And he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

Daniel Mace New Testament

adding this observation, "the sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath."

Darby Translation

And he said to them, The sabbath was made on account of man, not man on account of the sabbath;

Godbey New Testament

And He said to them, The Sabbath was made for the sake of man, and not man for the sake of the Sabbath.

Goodspeed New Testament

And he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath,

John Wesley New Testament

And he said to them, The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath.

Julia Smith Translation

And he said to them, The sabbath was for man, and not man for the sabbath:

King James 2000

And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

Lexham Expanded Bible

And he said to them, "The Sabbath was established for people, and not people for the Sabbath.

Modern King James verseion

And He said to them, The sabbath came into being for man's sake, and not man for the sabbath's sake.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And he said to them, "The Sabbath day was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath day.

Moffatt New Testament

And he said to them, "The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath:

Montgomery New Testament

"The Sabbath," he told them, "was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;

NET Bible

Then he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath.

New Heart English Bible

And he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

Noyes New Testament

And he said to them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath.

Sawyer New Testament

And he said to them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath;

The Emphasized Bible

And he was saying unto them - The Sabbath, for man, was made, and not, man, for, the Sabbath:

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath.

Twentieth Century New Testament

Then Jesus added: "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;

Webster

And he said to them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

Weymouth New Testament

And Jesus said to them: "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath;

Williams New Testament

Then He said to them, "The Sabbath was made to serve man and not man to keep the Sabbath.

World English Bible

He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

Worrell New Testament

And He said to them, "The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath;

Worsley New Testament

And He said moreover unto them, The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath:

Youngs Literal Translation

And he said to them, 'The sabbath for man was made, not man for the sabbath,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

he said
λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045


Usage: 0

The sabbath
σάββατον 
Sabbaton 
Usage: 48

γίνομαι 
Ginomai 
be, come to pass, be made, be done, come, become, God forbid , arise, have, be fulfilled, be married to, be preferred, not tr, , vr done
Usage: 531

for
διά 
Dia 
διά 
Dia 
by, through, with, for, for ... sake, therefore , for this cause , because,
by, through, with, for, for ... sake, therefore , for this cause , because,
Usage: 527
Usage: 527

man
ἄνθρωπος 
Anthropos 
ἄνθρωπος 
Anthropos 
man, not tr,
man, not tr,
Usage: 316
Usage: 316

and not
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

References

Images Mark 2:27

Prayers for Mark 2:27

Context Readings

Plucking Grain On The Sabbath

26 how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?” 27 Jesus said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. 28 So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”


Cross References

Colossians 2:16

Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day—

Exodus 23:12

Six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you shall cease from labor so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female slave, as well as your stranger, may refresh themselves.

Deuteronomy 5:14

but the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant or your ox or your donkey or any of your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you, so that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.

Isaiah 58:13

“If because of the sabbath, you turn your foot
From doing your own pleasure on My holy day,
And call the sabbath a delight, the holy day of the Lord honorable,
And honor it, desisting from your own ways,
From seeking your own pleasure
And speaking your own word,

Nehemiah 9:13-14

“Then You came down on Mount Sinai,
And spoke with them from heaven;
You gave them just ordinances and true laws,
Good statutes and commandments.

Ezekiel 20:12

Also I gave them My sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.

Ezekiel 20:20

Sanctify My sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God.’

Luke 6:9

And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to destroy it?”

John 7:23

If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the Law of Moses will not be broken, are you angry with Me because I made an entire man well on the Sabbath?

1 Corinthians 3:21-22

So then let no one boast in men. For all things belong to you,

2 Corinthians 4:15

For all things are for your sakes, so that the grace which is spreading to more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to the glory of God.

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