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Mark 2:23-3:12
New American Standard Bible
Mark 2:23-3:12
New American Standard Bible
Question of the Sabbath
23 (A)And it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while (B)picking the heads of grain. 24 The Pharisees were saying to Him, “Look, (C)why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?” 25 And He *said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions became hungry; 26 how he entered the house of God in the [a]time of (D)Abiathar the high priest, and ate the [b]consecrated bread, which (E)is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?” 27 Jesus said to them, “(F)The Sabbath [c]was made [d]for man, and (G)not man [e]for the Sabbath. 28 So the Son of Man is Lord, even of the Sabbath.”
Jesus Heals on the Sabbath
3 (H)He (I)entered a synagogue again; and a man was there whose hand was withered. 2 And (J)they were watching Him [f]closely to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath, (K)so that they might accuse Him. 3 He *said to the man with the withered hand, “[g]Get up and come forward!” 4 And He *said to them, “Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do harm, to save a life or to kill?” But they kept silent. 5 After (L)looking around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, He *said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored. 6 The Pharisees went out and immediately began [h]conspiring with the (M)Herodians against Him, as to how they might put Him to death.
7 (N)Jesus withdrew to the sea with His disciples; and (O)a large multitude from Galilee followed, and also from Judea, 8 and from Jerusalem, and from (P)Idumea, and beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of (Q)Tyre and Sidon, a great number of people heard about everything that He was doing and came to Him. 9 (R)And He told His disciples to see that a boat would be ready for Him because of the [i]masses, so that they would not crowd Him; 10 for He had (S)healed many, with the result that all those who had (T)diseases pushed in around Him in order to (U)touch Him. 11 And whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they would fall down before Him and shout, “You are (V)the Son of God!” 12 And He (W)strongly warned them not to [j]reveal who He was.
Footnotes
- Mark 2:26 Or passage about
- Mark 2:26 Lit loaves of presentation
- Mark 2:27 Or came into being
- Mark 2:27 Lit because of; or for the sake of
- Mark 2:27 Lit because of; or for the sake of
- Mark 3:2 Or maliciously
- Mark 3:3 Lit Arise into the midst
- Mark 3:6 Lit giving counsel
- Mark 3:9 Lit crowd
- Mark 3:12 Lit make Him known
Mark 2:23-3:12
New International Version
Mark 2:23-3:12
New International Version
Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath(A)(B)
23 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain.(C) 24 The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”(D)
25 He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? 26 In the days of Abiathar the high priest,(E) he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat.(F) And he also gave some to his companions.”(G)
27 Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man,(H) not man for the Sabbath.(I) 28 So the Son of Man(J) is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
Jesus Heals on the Sabbath
3 Another time Jesus went into the synagogue,(K) and a man with a shriveled hand was there. 2 Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely(L) to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath.(M) 3 Jesus said to the man with the shriveled hand, “Stand up in front of everyone.”
4 Then Jesus asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they remained silent.
5 He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored. 6 Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians(N) how they might kill Jesus.(O)
Crowds Follow Jesus(P)
7 Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed.(Q) 8 When they heard about all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon.(R) 9 Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him. 10 For he had healed many,(S) so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him.(T) 11 Whenever the impure spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”(U) 12 But he gave them strict orders not to tell others about him.(V)
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