Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And he said to them, 'The sabbath for man was made, 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.
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:
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
Prayers for Mark 2:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Plucking Grain On The Sabbath
26 how he went into the house of God, (at 'Abiathar the chief priest,') and the loaves of the presentation did eat, which it is not lawful to eat, except to the priests, and he gave also to those who were with him?' 27 And he said to them, 'The sabbath for man was made, not man for the sabbath, 28 so that the son of man is lord also of the sabbath.'
Cross References
Colossians 2:16
Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths,
Exodus 23:12
'Six days thou dost do thy work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest, so that thine ox and thine ass doth rest, and the son of thine handmaid and the sojourner is refreshed;
Deuteronomy 5:14
and the seventh day is a sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thine ox, and thine ass, and all thy cattle, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates; so that thy man-servant, and thy handmaid doth rest like thyself;
Isaiah 58:13
If thou dost turn from the sabbath thy foot, Doing thine own pleasure on My holy day, And hast cried to the sabbath, 'A delight,' To the holy of Jehovah, 'Honoured,' And hast honoured it, without doing thine own ways, Without finding thine own pleasure, And speaking a word.
Nehemiah 9:13-14
'And on mount Sinai Thou hast come down, even to speak with them from the heavens, and Thou dost give to them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commands.
Ezekiel 20:12
And also My sabbaths I have given to them, To be for a sign between Me and them, To know that I am Jehovah their sanctifier.
Ezekiel 20:20
And My sabbaths sanctify, And they have been for a sign between Me and you, To know that I, Jehovah, am your God.
Luke 6:9
Then said Jesus unto them, 'I will question you something: Is it lawful on the sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? life to save or to kill?'
John 7:23
if a man doth receive circumcision on a sabbath that the law of Moses may not be broken, are ye wroth with me that I made a man all whole on a sabbath?
1 Corinthians 3:21-22
So then, let no one glory in men, for all things are yours,
2 Corinthians 4:15
for the all things are because of you, that the grace having been multiplied, because of the thanksgiving of the more, may abound to the glory of God;