Mark 2:24

“Look!” the Pharisees said to him, “why are they doing what is not allowed on the Sabbath?”

Twentieth Century New Testament

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

23One Sabbath, as Jesus was walking through the cornfields, his disciples began to pick the ears of wheat as they went along.

25“Have you never read,” answered Jesus, “what David did when he was in want and hungry, he and his companions —

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Cross References

Matthew 12:2But, when the Pharisees saw this, they said: “Look! your disciples are doing what it is not allowable to do on a 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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