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Mark 2:27

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And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
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  1. Colossians 2:16Rank 1 from verse 27
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    16Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

  2. Luke 6:9Rank 2 from verse 27
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    9Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?

  3. Deuteronomy 5:14Rank 3 from verse 27
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    14But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.

  4. Ezekiel 20:12Rank 4 from verse 27
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    12Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them.

  5. Isaiah 58:13Rank 5 from verse 27
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    13¶ If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

  6. Exodus 23:12Rank 6 from verse 27
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    12Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

  7. Ezekiel 20:20Rank 7 from verse 27
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    20And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.

  8. John 7:23Rank 8 from verse 27
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    23If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?

  9. Nehemiah 9:13–14Rank 9 from verse 27
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    13Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:

    14And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

  10. 1 Corinthians 3:21–22Rank 10 from verse 27
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    21Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;

    22Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

  11. 2 Corinthians 4:15Rank 11 from verse 27
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    15For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.

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Mark 2:27

COMBINED MEANING

sabbath

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An appointed holy rest or cessation from ordinary labour; especially the seventh-day rest, or a sabbatical rest for the land.

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COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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2:23And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.

2:24And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

2:25And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?

2:26How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?

2:27And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

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2:28Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

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