Mark 2:24

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?””

What this verse means

Read Mark 2:24 in the flow of Mark2 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Mark2 to see the surrounding context.

Compare translations
BSBPD

“So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and the Pharisees said to him, `Lo, why do they on the sabbaths that which is not lawful?'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
Open the full comparison
Cross references

Other passages that echo Mark 2:24 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 20:10but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.
  2. Exodus 31:15For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.
  3. Exodus 35:2For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.
  4. Numbers 15:32While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day.
  5. Nehemiah 13:15In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.
  6. Isaiah 56:2Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
  7. Isaiah 56:4For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant—
  8. Isaiah 56:6And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants— all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant—
  9. Isaiah 58:13If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,
  10. Jeremiah 17:20Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, all people of Judah and Jerusalem who enter through these gates.
  11. Matthew 7:3Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?
  12. Matthew 12:2When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”
  13. Matthew 15:2“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
  14. Matthew 23:23Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.
  15. Mark 2:7“Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
  16. Mark 2:16When the scribes who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with these people, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
  17. Hebrews 12:3Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Keep exploring