Contradictions and Paradoxes in Mark 2:25

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Mark 2:25 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Mark 2:25. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Mark, Jesus is telling people a story about David. He reminds them how David and his friends ate special bread when they were hungry.

Mark 2:25: 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?

Contradiction with Exodus 20:8

Mark 2:25 discusses an exception to the Sabbath law, but Exodus 20:8 emphasizes strict Sabbath observance.

Exodus 20:8: Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Contradiction with Numbers 15:32-36

Mark 2:25 implies leniency for human need, while Numbers 15:32-36 illustrates a strict penalty for violating the Sabbath.

Numbers 15:32-36: And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.

Contradiction with Nehemiah 13:15-18

Mark 2:25 presents an allowance for human need on the Sabbath, whereas Nehemiah 13:15-18 highlights the importance of observing the Sabbath without exception.

Nehemiah 13:15-18: In those days saw I in Judah [some] treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all [manner of] burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified [against them] in the day wherein they sold victuals.

Contradiction with Isaiah 58:13

Mark 2:25 shows flexibility for actions on the Sabbath, but Isaiah 58:13 stresses turning from personal pursuits on the Sabbath.

Isaiah 58:13: If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, [from] doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking [thine own] words:

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:21-22

Mark 2:25 suggests some allowances on the Sabbath, while Jeremiah 17:21-22 commands not to carry burdens on the Sabbath, showing no exceptions.

Jeremiah 17:21-22: Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring [it] in by the gates of Jerusalem;
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