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27 And He was saying to them, “The Sabbath was made[a] for the sake of mankind, and not mankind for the sake of the Sabbath. 28 So then[b], the Son of Man is Lord even[c] of the Sabbath”.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 2:27 Or, came into being, came about. Mankind was not created for the purpose of keeping the Sabbath. Rather, that day was created for the benefit of mankind. In David’s case, the more urgent benefit he needed came at the expense of the normal Sabbath rules.
  2. Mark 2:28 Because Jesus is the Lord of mankind, He is the Lord of mankind’s Sabbath.
  3. Mark 2:28 Or, also.

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