Mark 2:24 Themes and Topics

At that time Jesus walked through the wheat fields one Sabbath Day; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck some ears of wheat and to eat them. But the Pharisees, when they perceived it, said to him. "Look! Your disciples are doing what it is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!" "Have you not read," answered Jesus, "what David did when he was hungry, and his men, too? read more.
"How he went into the House of God, and there they ate the loaves of the Presence, which neither he nor his men were permitted to eat, but the priests only? "Have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the Temple break the Sabbath and are guiltless? "But I tell you that One is here who is greater than the temple. "And if you knew what this means, "It is mercy I desire, not sacrifice, "you would not have condemned the guiltless. For the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath."

One Sabbath he was walking along through the wheat-fields, and his disciples, as they began to make their way across, were pulling the heads of wheat. "Look," said the Pharisees to him, "Why are they doing on the Sabbath Day what is against the law?" He answered them. "Have you never read what David did when he was needy and hungry, he and his men? read more.
How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which none but priests may eat, and gave some to his men? "The Sabbath," he told them, "was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath; so the Son of man is Master even of the Sabbath."

It happened that on a Sabbath he was going through the wheat-fields. His disciples were picking the ears and eating the wheat, rubbing it out with their hands. And some of the Pharisees asked, "Why are you doing what it is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?" "Have you never read," answered Jesus, "what David did when he and his followers were hungry? read more.
"How he entered into God's house and took and ate the Presented Loaves, and gave some to his followers, loaves which none must eat but the priests? "THE SON OF MAN," he told them, "IS LORD EVEN OVER THE SABBATH."

"I am a Jew," he said, "born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the strict manner of the Law of our forefathers, ardent for God, even as you all are this day. Verse Concepts

Now Paul, wishing that this man should accompany him on his journey, took him and circumcised him because of the local Jews, who all knew that his father was a Greek. Verse Concepts

And they, when they heard it, glorified God, and said to him. "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews, of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the Law. Verse Concepts

And some of the Pharisees asked, "Why are you doing what it is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?" Verse Concepts

and how in my zeal for Judaism I outstripped many of my own age and nation, in my special zeal for the traditions of my forefathers. Verse Concepts

But certain men who had belonged to the sect of the Pharisees, but were now believers, stood up and said, "It is necessary to circumcise Gentile, and to order them to keep the Law of Moses." Verse Concepts

"Look," said the Pharisees to him, "Why are they doing on the Sabbath Day what is against the law?" Verse Concepts

But the ruler of the synagogue was indignant at Jesus for healing her on the Sabbath, and said to the crowd. "There are six days of the week on which men ought to work. Therefore come during those, and get cured, but not on the Sabbath Day." Verse Concepts

so the Jews kept saying to the man who had been cured. "It is the Sabbath Day; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed." Verse Concepts

For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, only it is a zeal without knowledge. Verse Concepts