Parallel Verses
John Wesley New Testament
And the Pharisees said to him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath that which is not lawful?
New American Standard Bible
The Pharisees were saying to Him, “Look,
King James Version
And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
Holman Bible
The Pharisees
International Standard Version
The Pharisees asked him, "Look! Why are they doing what is not lawful on Sabbath days?"
A Conservative Version
And the Pharisees said to him, Look, why are they doing what is not permitted on the Sabbath day?
American Standard Version
And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
Amplified
The Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what
An Understandable Version
And the Pharisees asked Him, "Look, why are they [i.e., Jesus' disciples] doing what is against the law of Moses on the Sabbath day?"
Anderson New Testament
And the Pharisees said to him: See, why are they doing on the sabbath-day what is not lawful?
Bible in Basic English
And the Pharisees said to him, Why are they doing what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?
Common New Testament
And the Pharisees said to him, "Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?"
Daniel Mace New Testament
upon which the Pharisees said to him, pray observe how they trespass on the sabbath-day.
Darby Translation
And the Pharisees said to him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath what is not lawful?
Godbey New Testament
And the Pharisees continued to say to Him, Behold what they are doing on the Sabbath, which is not lawful.
Goodspeed New Testament
And the Pharisees said to him, "Look! Why are they doing what it is against the law to do on the Sabbath?"
Julia Smith Translation
And the Pharisees said to him, Behold, why do they in the sabbaths what is not lawful
King James 2000
And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the Pharisees began to say to him, "Behold, why are they doing what is not permitted on the Sabbath?"
Modern King James verseion
And the Pharisees said to Him, Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the sabbath day?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the Pharisees said unto him, "Behold, why do they on the Sabbath day that which is not lawful?"
Moffatt New Testament
The Pharisees said to him, "Look at what they are doing on the sabbath! That is not allowed."
Montgomery New Testament
"Look," said the Pharisees to him, "Why are they doing on the Sabbath Day what is against the law?"
NET Bible
So the Pharisees said to him, "Look, why are they doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?"
New Heart English Bible
And the Pharisees said to him, "Look, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?"
Noyes New Testament
And the Pharisees said to him, See, why are they doing on the sabbath that which is not lawful?
Sawyer New Testament
And the Pharisees said to him, See what they do on the sabbath, which it is not lawful to do.
The Emphasized Bible
And, the Pharisees, were saying, - See! why are they doing, on the Sabbath, what is not allowed?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And the Pharisees said to him, See, why are they doing on the sabbath, what is not lawful?
Twentieth Century New Testament
"Look!" the Pharisees said to him, "why are they doing what is not allowed on the Sabbath?"
Webster
And the Pharisees said to him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath that which is not lawful?
Weymouth New Testament
So the Pharisees said to Him, "Look! why are they doing what on the Sabbath is unlawful?"
Williams New Testament
So the Pharisees were saying to Him, "Just look! Why are they doing on the Sabbath what it is against the law to do?"
World English Bible
The Pharisees said to him, "Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?"
Worrell New Testament
And the Pharisees said to them, "Behold, why are they doing on the sabbath that which is not lawful?"
Worsley New Testament
And the pharisees said to Him, See, why do they what is not lawful to be done on the sabbath-day?
Youngs Literal Translation
and the Pharisees said to him, 'Lo, why do they on the sabbaths that which is not lawful?'
Interlinear
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Mark 2:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
Plucking Grain On The Sabbath
23 And he went thro' the corn-fields on the sabbath day: and his disciples as they went, plucked the ears of corn. 24 And the Pharisees said to him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath that which is not lawful? 25 And he said to them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry he and they that were with him?
Cross References
Matthew 7:3-5
And why beholdest thou the mote in thy brother's eye, but observest not the beam in thine own eye?
Matthew 12:2
But the Pharisees seeing it said to him, Behold thy disciples do what it is not lawful to do on the sabbath.
Matthew 15:2-3
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders?
Matthew 23:23-24
Wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for ye pay tithe of mint, and anise, and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to have neglected the others.
Mark 2:7
Who can forgive sins, but God only?
Mark 2:16
And the scribes and Pharisees seeing him eat with publicans and sinners, said to his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners? And Jesus hearing it saith to them-
Hebrews 12:3
For consider him that endured such contradiction from sinners against himself, lest ye be weary and faint in your minds.