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 went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest and ate the showbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him? 27 Jesus said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. 28 therefore the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.


Cross References

Colossians 2:16

Let no one therefore judge you in food or in drink or in respect of a feast day or of the new moon or of the sabbath days,

Exodus 23:12

Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest, that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid and the stranger may be refreshed.

Deuteronomy 5:14

but the seventh day is the sabbath unto the LORD thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work, thou nor thy son nor thy daughter nor thy manslave nor thy maidslave nor thine ox nor thine ass nor any animal of thine nor thy stranger that is within thy gates, that thy manslave and thy maidslave may rest as well as thou.

Isaiah 58:13

If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy will on my holy day; and call the sabbath the delightful, holy, glorious day of the LORD; and shalt honour him by not doing thine own ways, nor seeking thine own will, nor speaking thine own words:

Nehemiah 9:13-14

Thou didst come down upon Mount Sinai and didst speak with them from heaven and didst give them right judgments and true laws, good statutes and commandments,

Ezekiel 20:12

And I also gave them my sabbaths to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctifies them.

Ezekiel 20:20

and hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.

Luke 6:9

Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing: Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good or to do evil? to save a person or to destroy them?

John 7:23

If a man on the sabbath day receives circumcision without the law of Moses being broken, are ye angry at me because I have made a man entirely whole on the sabbath day?

1 Corinthians 3:21-22

Therefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;

2 Corinthians 4:15

For we suffer all these things for your sakes that the grace abounding through many may in the thanksgiving redound to the glory of God.

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