Luke 6:2

‘Why are you doing what it is not allowable to do on the Sabbath?’ asked some of the Pharisees.

Open English Bible (UK)

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

1One Sabbath Jesus was walking through cornfields, and his disciples were picking the ears of wheat, and rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.

3Jesus’ answer was, ‘Haven’t you read even of what David did, when he was hungry, he and his companions –

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Cross References

Matthew 15:2‘How is it that your disciples break the traditions of our ancestors? For they do not wash their hands when they eat food.’

Mark 2:24‘Look!’ the Pharisees said to him, ‘why are they doing what is not allowed on the Sabbath?’

Luke 6:7The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely, to see if he would work cures on the Sabbath, so that they might find a charge to bring 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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