Mark 2:23-28 Parallel Bible Translations

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23	On the Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to make their way, picking some heads of grain.	One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.	One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain.
24	The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath? ”	And the Pharisees were saying to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”	The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
25	He said to them, “Have you never read what David and those who were with him did when he was in need and hungry —	And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him:	He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?
26	how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the bread of the Presence —which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests —and also gave some to his companions? ”	how he entered the house of God, in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate 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?”	In the days of Abiathar the high priest, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.”
27	Then he told them, “The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath.	And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.	Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
28	So then, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”	So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”	So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
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