Mark 2:24

And the Pharisees said to him: See, how on the sabbath, they do that which is not lawful?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 was so, that as Jesus on a sabbath walked in the tillage grounds, his disciples walked and plucked the ears.

25Jesus said to them: Have ye never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and his attendants?

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Cross References

Matthew 12:2And when the Pharisees saw them, they said to him: See; thy disciples are doing that which it 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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