Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
And he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
New American Standard Bible
Jesus said to them,
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,
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,
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.
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,
Themes
Sabbath » General references to
Sabbath » Jesus Christ being lord of the sabbath
Topics
Interlinear
Ginomai
Dia
διά
Dia
by, through, with, for, for ... sake, therefore , for this cause , because,
Usage: 527
Anthropos
ἄνθρωπος
Anthropos
Usage: 316
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Mark 2:27
Images Mark 2:27
Prayers for Mark 2:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Plucking Grain On The Sabbath
26 How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the show bread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?" 27 And he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 28 Therefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath."
Cross References
Colossians 2:16
Let no man therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,
Exodus 23:12
"Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the alien may be refreshed.
Deuteronomy 5:14
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, in which you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates; that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.
Isaiah 58:13
"If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy of the LORD honorable; and shall honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words:
Nehemiah 9:13-14
"You came down also on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
Ezekiel 20:12
Moreover 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
and make my Sabbaths holy; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.'
Luke 6:9
Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to destroy it?"
John 7:23
If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the Law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me, because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?
1 Corinthians 3:21-22
Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,
2 Corinthians 4:15
For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.