Mark 2:18-28

Devotionals, Articles, and Bible Study Resources on Mark 2:18-28

18Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were often fasting. So people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’ t Your disciples fast like John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees?”
19Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? As long as He is with them, they cannot fast.
20But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
21No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.
22And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.”
23One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along.
24So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
25Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?
26During the high priesthood of Abiathar, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which was lawful only for the priests. And he gave some to his companions as well.”
27Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
28Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
— Mark 2:18-28

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