Mark 2:24

Mark 2:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
• New International Version (NIV)The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the Pharisees were saying to him, "Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why do they do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

Context of Mark 2:24

22And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.” 23One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along. So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?” 25Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? 26During the high priesthood of Abiathar, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which was lawful only for the priests. And he gave some to his companions as well.”

Mark 2:24 word by word

καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι ἔλεγον αὐτῷ· ἴδε τί ποιοῦσιν τοῖς σάββασιν ὃ οὐκ ἔξεστιν;¶Read the interlinear

• ·καίkai · andG2532
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• PhariseesΦαρισαῖοςPharisaios · PhariseeG5330
• saidεἶπονepō · to sayG2036
• to Himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Lookἰδούidou · look!G2400
• whyτίςtis · which?G5101
• are they doingποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• whatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• is unlawfulοὐou · noG3756
• is unlawfulἔξεστι, ἐξόνexesti · be permittedG1832
• Sabbathσάββατονsabbaton · SabbathG4521

Cross-references for Mark 2:24

• Mark 2:7“Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
• Matthew 7:3Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?
• Matthew 15:2“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
• 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.
• Hebrews 12:3Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Numbers 15:32While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day.
• 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.
• 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.”
• 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,
• 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.

Commentaries on Mark 2:24

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23-28Verses 23-28 See Matthew 12:1-8. The cornfields - The fields sown with wheat or barley. The word “corn,” in the Bible, refers only to grain of that kind, and never to “maize” or “Indian corn.” To pluck the ears of corn - They were hungry, Matthew 12:1. They therefore gathered the wheat or barley as they walked and rubbed it in their hands to shell it, and thus to satisfy their appetite. Though our Lord was with them, and though he had all things at his…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-28Verses 23-28 The sabbath is a sacred and Divine institution; a privilege and benefit, not a task and drudgery. God never designed it to be a burden to us, therefore we must not make it so to ourselves. The sabbath was instituted for the good of mankind, as living in society, having many wants and troubles, preparing for a state of happiness or misery. Man was not made for the sabbath, as if his keeping it could be of service to God, nor was he commanded…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-28In this controversy, Jesus and his disciples are accused of breaking the Sabbath (Exodus 20:8–11). Picking grain by hand in another person’s field was lawful (Deuteronomy 23:25). The charge was that by rubbing the chaff from the kernels, the disciples were working on the Sabbath, which was forbidden (Exodus 34:21).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Mark 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings