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Mark 2:24

And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
22

And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.

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And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.

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And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

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And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?

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How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?

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Jesus and the Sabbath

The verse itself does not show Jesus keeping, teaching on, or discussing the Sabbath; it only records the Pharisees' question to him about an action on the Sabbath.

Seventh-Day Sabbath

The verse refers to "the sabbath day" but does not explicitly state it is the seventh day of the week, nor does it define it as a day of rest. The reference is to a specific day called "sabbath," without further qualification in this verse.