Parallel Verses

Amplified

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

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:

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

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 went into the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the sacred bread, which is not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat, and how he also gave it to the men who were with him?” 27 Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 28 So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath [and He has authority over it].”

Cross References

Colossians 2:16

Therefore let no one judge you in regard to food and drink or in regard to [the observance of] a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day.

Exodus 23:12

“Six days [each week] you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall stop [working] so that your ox and your donkey may settle down and rest, and the son of your female servant, as well as your stranger, may be refreshed.

Deuteronomy 5:14

but the seventh day is a Sabbath [a day of rest dedicated] to the Lord your God; on that day 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 livestock or the stranger who stays inside your [city] gates, so that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.

Isaiah 58:13


“If you turn back your foot from [unnecessary travel on] the Sabbath,
From doing your own pleasure on My holy day,
And call the Sabbath a [spiritual] delight, and the holy day of the Lord honorable,
And honor it, not going your own way
Or engaging in your own pleasure
Or speaking your own [idle] words,

Nehemiah 9:13-14


“Then You came down on Mount Sinai,
And spoke with them from heaven;
And You gave them fair 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 [without any doubt] that I am the Lord who sanctifies them (separates and sets them apart).

Ezekiel 20:20

Sanctify My Sabbaths and keep them holy; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that you may know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord your God.’

Luke 6:9

Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you directly: Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy it?”

John 7:23

If, to avoid breaking the Law of Moses, a man undergoes circumcision on the Sabbath, why are you angry with Me for making a man’s whole body well on the Sabbath?

1 Corinthians 3:21-22

So let no one boast in men [about their wisdom, or of having this or that one as a leader]. For all things are yours,

2 Corinthians 4:15

For all [these] things are for your sake, so that as [God’s remarkable, undeserved] grace reaches to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of [our great] God.

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