Mark 2:23-3:6

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

23 r One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples s began to pluck heads of grain. 24 And the Pharisees were saying to him, "Look, t why are they doing u what is not lawful on the Sabbath?" 25 And he said to them, v "Have you never read w what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him: 26 how he entered the house of God, in the time of x Abiathar the high priest, and ate y the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?" 27 And he said to them, z "The Sabbath was made for man, a not man for the Sabbath. 28 So b the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath."

Mark 3

A Man with a Withered Hand

1 c Again d he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. 2 And e they watched Jesus, 1 to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. 3 And he said to the man with the withered hand, "Come here." 4 And he said to them, f "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?" But they were silent. 5 And he g looked around at them with anger, grieved at h their hardness of heart, and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." i He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. 6 j The Pharisees went out and immediately j held counsel with k the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.

  1. Cross References
    Mark 2:23 - 28
    One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.
    Matthew 12:1 - 8
    At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.
    Luke 6:1 - 5
    On a Sabbath, while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands.
  2. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 23:25
    If you go into your neighbor's standing grain, you may pluck the ears with your hand, but you shall not put a sickle to your neighbor's standing grain.
  3. Cross References
    Mark 2:23 - 28
    One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.
    Matthew 12:1 - 8
    At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.
    Luke 6:1 - 5
    On a Sabbath, while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands.
  4. Cross References
    Matthew 9:11
    And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 20:9 - 11
    Six days you shall labor, and do all your work.
  6. Cross References
    Matthew 21:16
    And they said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes; have you never read, "'Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise'?
  7. Cross References
    1 Samuel 21:1 - 6
    Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech came to meet David trembling and said to him, "Why are you alone, and no one with you?
  8. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 24:6
    And the scribe Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded them in the presence of the king and the princes and Zadok the priest and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar and the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests and of the Levites, one father's house being chosen for Eleazar and one chosen for Ithamar.
    1 Samuel 21:1
    Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech came to meet David trembling and said to him, "Why are you alone, and no one with you?
    2 Samuel 8:17
    And Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Seraiah was secretary.
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 25:30
    And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me regularly.
    Leviticus 24:5 - 9
    You shall take fine flour and bake twelve loaves from it; two tenths of an ephah shall be in each loaf.
  10. Cross References
    Exodus 23:12
    Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant woman, and the alien, may be refreshed.
    Deuteronomy 5:14
    But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant, or your ox or your donkey or any of your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates, that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.
  11. Cross References
    Colossians 2:16
    Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath.
  12. Cross References
    Mark 2:10
    But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" - he said to the paralytic -
  13. Cross References
    Mark 3:1 - 6
    Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand.
    Matthew 12:9 - 14
    He went on from there and entered their synagogue.
    Luke 6:6 - 11
    On another Sabbath, he entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered.
  14. Cross References
    Mark 1:29
    And immediately he left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
  15. Cross References
    Mark 3:1 - 6
    Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand.
    Matthew 12:9 - 14
    He went on from there and entered their synagogue.
    Luke 6:6 - 11
    On another Sabbath, he entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered.
  16. Cross References
    Luke 14:1
    One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully.
    Luke 20:20
    So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.
    Luke 11:54
    Lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say.
    John 8:6
    This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.
  17. Cross References
    Luke 14:3
    And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?
  18. Cross References
    Mark 3:34
    And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!
    Mark 5:32
    And he looked around to see who had done it.
    Mark 10:23
    And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!
    Mark 10:21
    And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.
  19. Cross References
    Mark 6:52
    For they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
    Romans 11:25
    Lest you be wise in your own sight, I want you to understand this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
    Ephesians 4:18
    They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.
  20. Cross References
    1 Kings 13:4
    And when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar at Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, "Seize him." And his hand, which he stretched out against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself.
  21. Cross References
    Matthew 12:14
    But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him.
  22. Cross References
    Matthew 12:14
    But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him.
  23. Cross References
    Mark 12:13
    And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians, to trap him in his talk.
    Matthew 22:16
    And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone's opinion, for you are not swayed by appearances.
    Mark 8:15
    And he cautioned them, saying, "Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.
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