Mark 2:24
And the Pharisees said to him, Why are they doing what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 31:15Six days may work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death.
Numbers 15:32Now while the children of Israel were in the waste land, they saw a man who was getting sticks on the Sabbath day.
Isaiah 56:2Happy is the man who does this, and the son of man whose behaviour is so ordered; who keeps the Sabbath holy, and his hand from doing any evil.
Isaiah 56:6And as for those from a strange country, who are joined to the Lord, to give worship to him and honour to his name, to be his servants, even everyone who keeps the Sabbath holy, and keeps his agreement with me:
Jeremiah 17:20And say to them, Give ear to the word of the Lord, you kings of Judah, and all the people of Jerusalem who come in by these doors:
Matthew 12:2But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, See, your disciples do that which it is not right to do on the Sabbath.
Matthew Henry on Mark 2:19-28
The Hypocritical Rigour of the Pharisees. 18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? 19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. 21 No… Read the whole commentary →