Parallel Verses
Anderson New Testament
And it came to pass, that he was going on the sabbath day through the fields of grain: and his disciples began, as they went, to pull the ears of grain.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
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International Standard Version
Jesus happened to be going through the grain fields on a Sabbath. As they made their way, his disciples began picking the heads of grain.
A Conservative Version
And it came to pass, that he was passing through the grain fields on the Sabbath day, and his disciples began to make a path while plucking the ears.
American Standard Version
And it came to pass, that he was going on the sabbath day through the grainfields; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears.
Amplified
One Sabbath He was walking along [with His disciples] through the grainfields, and as they went along, His disciples began picking the heads of grain.
An Understandable Version
And it happened that Jesus was walking through the grainfields on the Sabbath day and His disciples began picking off heads of grain [to eat] as they traveled along. [Note: It was an accepted custom for people in that day to be permitted to do this as they walked along the paths bordering a grainfield].
Bible in Basic English
And it came about that on the Sabbath day he was going through the grain-fields; and while they were walking, his disciples took the heads of grain.
Common New Testament
One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.
Daniel Mace New Testament
Another time, as he was going through the corn-fields on the sabbath-day, his disciples as they pass'd along began to pluck the ears of corn.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass that he went on the sabbath through the cornfields; and his disciples began to walk on, plucking the ears.
Godbey New Testament
And it came to pass, that He was traveling through the corn-fields on the Sabbath-day; and His disciples began to make the journey plucking the ears.
Goodspeed New Testament
He happened to be passing through the wheat fields on the Sabbath, and his disciples began to pick the heads of wheat as they made their way through.
John Wesley New Testament
And he went thro' the corn-fields on the sabbath day: and his disciples as they went, plucked the ears of corn.
Julia Smith Translation
And it was he passed by through the standing corn in the sabbaths: and his disciples began to make the way, picking out the ears of corn.
King James 2000
And it came to pass, that he went through the grain fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And it happened that he was going through the grain fields on the Sabbath, and his disciples began to make [their] way [while] plucking off the heads of grain.
Modern King James verseion
And it happened that He went through the grainfields on the sabbath day. And as they walked His disciples began to pluck the heads of grain.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And it chanced that he went through the corn fields on the Sabbath day; and his disciples, as they went on their way, began to pluck the ears of corn.
Moffatt New Testament
Now it happened that he was passing through the cornfields on the sabbath, and as the disciples made their way through they began to pull the ears of corn.
Montgomery New Testament
One Sabbath he was walking along through the wheat-fields, and his disciples, as they began to make their way across, were pulling the heads of wheat.
NET Bible
Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples began to pick some heads of wheat as they made their way.
New Heart English Bible
And it happened that he was going on the Sabbath day through the grain fields, and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain.
Noyes New Testament
And it came to pass, that he was going through the grainfields on the sabbath, and his disciples began, as they went along, to pluck the ears of grain.
Sawyer New Testament
And he was passing on the sabbath through the grain fields, and his disciples began to make their way, picking heads of grain.
The Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, that he, on the Sabbath, was passing through the cornfields, and his disciples began to be going forward, plucking the ears of corn.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And he was walking through the cornfields on the sabbath; and his disciples as they went on the road plucked the ears of corn.
Twentieth Century New Testament
One Sabbath, as Jesus was walking through the cornfields, his disciples began to pick the ears of wheat as they went along.
Webster
And it came to pass, that he went through the corn-fields on the sabbath; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
Weymouth New Testament
One Sabbath He was walking through the wheatfields when His disciples began to pluck the ears of wheat as they went.
Williams New Testament
On the Sabbath He was passing through the wheat fields, and His disciples started to make a path by pulling off the wheat heads.
World English Bible
It happened that he was going on the Sabbath day through the grain fields, and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain.
Worrell New Testament
And it came to pass that He was going on the sabbath through the grainfields; and His disciples began to make a way, plucking the heads of grain.
Worsley New Testament
And as He was going thro' the corn-fields on the sabbath-day, his disciples began as they went along to pluck the ears of corn.
Youngs Literal Translation
And it came to pass -- he is going along on the sabbaths through the corn-fields -- and his disciples began to make a way, plucking the ears,
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Mark 2:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Plucking Grain On The Sabbath
22 And no one puts new wine into old bottles; if so, the new wine bursts the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles are destroyed. But new wine must be put into new bottles. 23 And it came to pass, that he was going on the sabbath day through the fields of grain: and his disciples began, as they went, to pull the ears of grain. 24 And the Pharisees said to him: See, why are they doing on the sabbath-day what is not lawful?
Cross References
Matthew 12:1-8
At that time Jesus was going, on the Sabbath, through the fields of grain; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pull the ears of grain, and to eat.
Luke 6:1-5
And it came to pass, on the first sabbath after the second day of the feast, that he was going through the fields of grain; and his disciples pulled the ears and ate, rubbing them in their hands.