Luke 6:2

But some of the Pharisees said to them, Why do ye what is not permitted to do on the Sabbath day?

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?

In Context

1Now it came to pass for him to be going through the grain fields on a particular Sabbath, and his disciples were plucking the ears and were eating, rubbing them in their hands.

3And having answered them, Jesus said, Have ye not read even this, what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him,

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Cross References

Exodus 22:10If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep, and it dies, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it,

Exodus 35:2Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a Sabbath of solemn rest to LORD. Whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.

Isaiah 58:13If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, [and] the holy of LORD honorable, and shall honor it, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, no

Matthew 15:2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.

Mark 2:24And the Pharisees said to him, Look, why are they doing what is not permitted on the Sabbath day?

Luke 6:7And the scholars and the Pharisees watched if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against him.

Matthew Henry on Luke 6:2-12

Works of Mercy Suited to the Sabbath. 1 And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. 2 And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days? 3 And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him; 4 How he went into the house of God, and did… Read the whole commentary →

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