Mark 2:24

So the Pharisees said to Him, "Look! why are they doing what on the Sabbath is unlawful?"

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 He was walking through the wheatfields when His disciples began to pluck the ears of wheat as they went.

25"Have you never read," Jesus replied, "what David did when the necessity arose and he and his men were hungry:

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Cross References

Matthew 12:2But the Pharisees saw it and said to Him, "Look! your disciples are doing what the Law forbids them 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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