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

And {G2532} he said {G3004} unto them {G846}, The sabbath {G4521} was made {G1096} for {G1223} man {G444}, and not {G3756} man {G444} for {G1223} the sabbath {G4521}:

Then he said to them, "Shabbat was made for mankind, not mankind for Shabbat;

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

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

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Cross-References

  • Colossians 2:16 (19 votes)

    ¶ Let 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]:

  • Luke 6:9 (15 votes)

    Then 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]?

  • Deuteronomy 5:14 (13 votes)

    But 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.

  • Ezekiel 20:12 (11 votes)

    Moreover 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.

  • Isaiah 58:13 (10 votes)

    ¶ 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:

  • Exodus 23:12 (8 votes)

    Six 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.

  • Ezekiel 20:20 (8 votes)

    And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I [am] the LORD your God.