Mark 2:27
Modern Translations
New International Version
Then he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

New Living Translation
Then Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made to meet the needs of people, and not people to meet the requirements of the Sabbath.

English Standard Version
And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

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

New American Standard Bible
Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

NASB 1995
Jesus said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

NASB 1977
And He was saying to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

Amplified Bible
Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

Christian Standard Bible
Then he told them, “The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then He told them, "The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus finished by saying, "People were not made for the good of the Sabbath. The Sabbath was made for the good of people.

Good News Translation
And Jesus concluded, "The Sabbath was made for the good of human beings; they were not made for the Sabbath.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then he added, "The day of worship was made for people, not people for the day of worship.

International Standard Version
Then he told them, "The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath.

NET Bible
Then he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

New King James Version
And He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

King James 2000 Bible
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

New Heart English Bible
And he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath.

World English Bible
He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

American King James Version
And he said to them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

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

A Faithful Version
And He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;

Darby Bible Translation
And he said to them, The sabbath was made on account of man, not man on account of the sabbath;

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And hee sayde to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And he sayde vnto them: The Sabboth was made for man, and not man for the Sabboth.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
nd he sayde vnto them: The Sabbath was made for mans sake, and not man for the Sabbathes sake.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And he sayde to them: the Saboth daye was made for man and not man for the Saboth daye.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath,

Berean Literal Bible
And He said to them, "The Sabbath was made on account of the man, and not the man on account of the Sabbath.

Young's Literal Translation
And he said to them, 'The sabbath for man was made, not man for the sabbath,

Smith's Literal Translation
And he said to them, The sabbath was for man, and not man for the sabbath:

Literal Emphasis Translation
And He said to them, The Sabbath was made for the sake of man and not man for the sake of the Sabbath.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to them: The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he said to them: “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he said to them, “The Sabbath was created for the sake of man and not man for the sake of the Sabbath.”

Lamsa Bible
And he said to them, The sabbath was created for the sake of man, and not man for the sake of the sabbath.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And he said to them: The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath.

Godbey New Testament
And He said to them, The Sabbath was made for the sake of man, and not man for the sake of the Sabbath.

Haweis New Testament
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath.

Mace New Testament
adding this observation, "the sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath."

Weymouth New Testament
And Jesus said to them: "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath;

Worrell New Testament
And He said to them, "The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath;

Worsley New Testament
And He said moreover unto them, The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath:
















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