Isaiah 58:13-14

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¹³^(A)“If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath,
    from doing your pleasure^[a] on my holy day,
and call the Sabbath a delight
    and the holy day of the Lord honorable;
if you honor it, not going your own ways,
    or seeking ^(B)your own pleasure,^[b] or talking idly;^[c]
¹⁴then you shall take delight in the Lord,
    ^(C)and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth;^[d]
^(D)I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father,
    ^(E)for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

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Isaiah 58:13 Or business
Isaiah 58:13 Or pursuing your own business
Isaiah 58:13 Hebrew or speaking a word
Isaiah 58:14 Or of the land

Mark 2:23-28

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Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

²³^(A)One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples ^(B)began to pluck heads of grain. ²⁴And the Pharisees were saying to him, “Look, ^(C)why are they doing ^(D)what is not lawful on the Sabbath?” ²⁵And he said to them, ^(E)“Have you never read ^(F)what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him: ²⁶how he entered the house of God, in the time of^[a] ^(G)Abiathar the high priest, and ate ^(H)the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?” ²⁷And he said to them, ^(I)“The Sabbath was made for man, ^(J)not man for the Sabbath. ²⁸So ^(K)the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”