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

22No one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the skins as well; but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins.” 23And it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while picking the heads of grain. The Pharisees were saying to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?” 25And He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions became hungry; 26how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?”

Mark 2:24 word by word

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

• The PhariseesΦαρισαῖοςPharisaios · PhariseeG5330
• were sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• to Him, “Lookἴδεide · look!G2396
• whyτίςtis · which?G5101
• are they doingποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• whatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• is not lawfulἔξεστι, ἐξόνexesti · be permittedG1832
• on the Sabbathσάββατονsabbaton · SabbathG4521

Cross-references for Mark 2:24

• Mark 2:7“Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins but God alone?”
• Matthew 7:3Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?
• Matthew 15:2“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”
• Matthew 23:23“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.
• Hebrews 12:3For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
• Exodus 20:10but the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you.
• Exodus 31:15For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on the sabbath day shall surely be put to death.
• Exodus 35:2“For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy day, a sabbath of complete rest to the Lord; whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.
• Numbers 15:32Now while the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the sabbath day.
• Nehemiah 13:15In those days I saw in Judah some who were treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sacks of grain and loading them on donkeys, as well as wine, grapes, figs and all kinds of loads, and they brought them into Jerusalem on the sabbath day. So I admonished them on the day they sold food.
• Isaiah 56:2How blessed is the man who does this, And the son of man who takes hold of it; Who keeps from profaning the sabbath, And keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
• Isaiah 58:13“If because of the sabbath, you turn your foot From doing your own pleasure on My holy day, And call the sabbath a delight, the holy day of the Lord honorable, And honor it, desisting from your own ways, From seeking your own pleasure And speaking your own word,
• Jeremiah 17:20and say to them, ‘Listen to the word of the Lord, kings of Judah, and all Judah and all inhabitants of Jerusalem who come in 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

Topics related to Mark 2:24

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• Washing of Feet
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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