Mark 2:24

And the Perushim said to him, Look, why are they engaging in what is not mutar (permissible) in the Torah on Shabbos?

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

23And it came about [that] on Shabbos, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was passing through the grainfields, and his talmidim began to make [their] way picking the heads of grain. + 2:23 Dt 23:25

25And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to them, Have you never read in the Tanakh what Dovid HaMelech did when he was in need and he was hungry, he and the ones with him?

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Cross References

Exodus 31:15Sheshet yamim may work be done; but in the Yom HaShevi'i is Shabbos HaShabbaton, kodesh to Hashem; whosoever doeth any work in the Yom HaShabbos, he shall surely be put to death.

Numbers 15:32And while the Bnei Yisroel were in the midbar, they found a man that gathered sticks on Shabbos.

Isaiah 56:2Ashrei enosh that doeth this, 1 and the ben adam that layeth hold on it; 1 that is shomer Shabbos avoiding chillul Shabbos, 1 and is shomer to keep his yad from doing kol rah. 1

Isaiah 56:6Also the bnei hanekhar, that join themselves to Hashem 1 to minister unto Him, 1 and l'ahavah es Shem Hashem, 1 to be His avadim, 1 every one that is shomer Shabbos avoiding chillul Shabbos, 1 and holds fast My Brit; 1

Jeremiah 17:20And say unto them, Hear ye the Devar Hashem, ye melachim of Yehudah, and all Yehudah, and all the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, that enter in by these she'arim (gates);

Matthew 12:2But the Perushim, seeing this, said to Moshiach: Hinei! Your talmidim are doing what is asur on Shabbos!

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 →

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