Mark 2:27Bible in Basic English
And he said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;
Related Verses
Exodus 16:23
And he said, This is what the Lord has said, Tomorrow is a day of rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord: what has to be cooked may be cooked; and what is over, put on one side to be kept till the morning.
Exodus 16:25
And Moses said, Make your meal today of what you have, for this day is a Sabbath to the Lord: today you will not get any in the fields.
Exodus 16:26
For six days you will get it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any.
Exodus 16:29
See, because the Lord has given you the Sabbath, he gives you on the sixth day bread enough for two days; let every man keep where he is; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
Exodus 20:8
Keep in memory the Sabbath and let it be a holy day.