Mark 2:24 “So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawf…”

Mark 2:24

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

World English Bible

The Pharisees said to him, “Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?”

American Standard Version

And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

Geneva Bible 1599

And the Pharises saide vnto him, Beholde, why doe they on the Sabbath day, that which is not lawfull?

Darby Translation

And the Pharisees said to him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath what is not lawful?

Young's Literal Translation

and the Pharisees said to him, 'Lo, why do they on the sabbaths that which is not lawful?'

Bible in Basic English

And the Pharisees said to him, Why are they doing what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?

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Cross references

“why”

Hebrews 12:3 Mark 2:7 Mark 2:16 Matthew 7:3–5 Matthew 15:2 Matthew 15:3

Hebrews 12:3 · BSB

Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

Mark 2:7 · BSB

“Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

Mark 2:16 · BSB

When the scribes who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with these people, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Matthew 7:3–5 · BSB

Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?

Matthew 15:2 · BSB

“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”

Matthew 15:3 · BSB

Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

“that”

Exodus 20:10 Exodus 31:15 Numbers 15:32–36 Nehemiah 13:15–22 Isaiah 56:2 Isaiah 56:4

Exodus 20:10 · BSB

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.

Exodus 31:15 · BSB

For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.

Numbers 15:32–36 · BSB

While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day.

Nehemiah 13:15–22 · BSB

In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabb…

Isaiah 56:2 · BSB

Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

Isaiah 56:4 · BSB

For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant—

Also

Matthew 12:2

Matthew 12:2 · BSB

When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along.

25Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?

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