Mark 2:19-28 ▼

19 And Jesus said to them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

21 And no man seweth on a patch of cloth undressed upon an old garment: but if otherwise, the new piece supplied taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.

22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; but if otherwise, the new wine will burst the bottles, and the wine will be spilt, and the bottles destroyed: but new wine must be put into new bottles.

23 And he was walking through the cornfields on the sabbath; and his disciples as they went on the road plucked the ears of corn.

24 And the Pharisees said to him, See, why are they doing on the sabbath, what is not lawful?

25 And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he was under necessity, and was hungry, himself and they who were with him?

26 How he entered into the house of God to Abiathar the high-priest; and did eat the shewbread, which it was not lawful for any to eat except the priests, and he gave also to those who were with him?

27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath.

28 Wherefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.