Mark 2:24

So the Pharisees said to him, “Behold, why are they doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?”

Text-Critical English NT

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

23On the Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to make their way, plucking heads of grain.

25He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he had need and was hungry, he and those who were with him,

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Cross References

Matthew 12:2When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Behold, yoʋr disciples are doing what is not lawful 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 →

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