Mark 2:28

28 The Son of Man is no lackey to the Sabbath. He's in charge!"

Mark 2:28 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 2:28

Therefore the son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
] Meaning himself, who had a power not only to dispense with it, but to abrogate it as he did, with the rest of the rituals of the ceremonial law; (See Gill on Matthew 12:8). So that it did not become them to find fault with what his disciples did, with his leave and approbation.

Mark 2:28 In-Context

26 How he entered the sanctuary and ate fresh bread off the altar, with the Chief Priest Abiathar right there watching - holy bread that no one but priests were allowed to eat - and handed it out to his companions?"
27 Then Jesus said, "The Sabbath was made to serve us; we weren't made to serve the Sabbath.
28 The Son of Man is no lackey to the Sabbath. He's in charge!"
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