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Berean Standard Bible

“Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.”

Mark 2:27

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As Jesus and his disciples walked through grain fields on the Sabbath, the disciples picked heads of grain, and Pharisees accused them of breaking the Sabbath. Over time many detailed rules had grown up about what counted as work.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

World English Bible (WEB)

He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

King James Version (KJV)

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

American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And he said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

And he said to them, 'The sabbath for man was made, not man for the sabbath,

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

También les dijo: El sábado por causa del hombre es hecho; no el hombre por causa del sábado.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

»El sábado se hizo para el ser humano y no el ser humano para el sábado.

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