Luke 6:2

Then certain Pharisees said to them, “Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbaths?”

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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 happened that, on the second first Sabbath, as he passed through the grain field, his disciples were separating the ears of grain and eating them, by rubbing them in their hands.

3And responding to them, Jesus said: “Have you not read this, what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him?

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Cross References

Exodus 22:10If anyone will have entrusted a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to the keeping of his neighbor, and it will have died, or become disabled, or have been captured by enemies, and no one saw it,

Exodus 35:2For six days you shall do work; the seventh day, the Sabbath and the rest of the Lord, will be holy to you; whoever will have done any work in it shall be killed.

Isaiah 58:13If you restrain your foot on the Sabbath, from doing your own will on my holy day, and if you call the Sabbath delightful, and the Holy of the Lord glorious, and if you glorify him, while you do not act according to your own ways, and your own will is not found, not even to speak a word,

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

Mark 2:24But the Pharisees said to him, “Behold, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbaths?”

Luke 6:7And the scribes and Pharisees observed whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might thereby 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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