Mark 2:24
The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing something that is not lawful on the Sabbath day?”
Unlocked Literal 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?
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Cross References
Exodus 31:15Work will be done for six days, but the seventh day is to be a Sabbath of complete rest, holy before Yahweh. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.
Numbers 15:32While the people of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day.
Isaiah 56:2Blessed is the man that does this, and who holds it tightly. 1 He observes the Sabbath, not defiling it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.” 1
Isaiah 56:6Also foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh— 1 to serve him, and who love the name of Yahweh, to worship him, 1 every one who observes the Sabbath and who keeps from defiling it, and who holds fast my covenant 1
Jeremiah 17:20Say to them, 'Hear the word of Yahweh, kings of Judah and all you people of Judah, and every resident of Jerusalem who comes in through these gates.
Matthew 12:2But when the Pharisees saw that, they said to Jesus, “See, your disciples do what is unlawful 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 →