Luke 6:2
And some of the Pharisees said to them: Why do you that which is not lawful on the sabbath days?
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Exodus 22:10If a man deliver ass, ox, sheep, or any beast, to his neighbour's custody, and it die, or be hurt, or be taken by enemies, and no man saw it:
Exodus 35:2Six days you shall do work: the seventh day shall be holy unto you, the sabbath, and the rest of the Lord: he that shall do any work on it, shall be put to death.
Isaiah 58:13If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy own will in my holy day, and call the sabbath delightful, and the holy of the Lord glorious, and glorify him, while thou dost not thy own ways, and thy own will is not found: to speak a word:
Matthew 15:2Why do thy disciples trangress the tradition of the ancients? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
Mark 2:24And the Pharisees said to him: Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
Luke 6:7And the scribes and Pharisees watched if he would heal on the sabbath; 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 →