Luke 6:2

But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing something that is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?”

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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 on a Sabbath that Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them between their hands, and eating the grain.

3Answering them, Jesus said, “Have you not even read what David did when he was hungry, he and the men who were with him?

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Cross References

Exodus 22:10If a man gives his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and if it dies or is hurt or is carried away without anyone seeing it,

Exodus 35:2On six days work may be done, but for you, the seventh day must be a holy day, a Sabbath day of complete rest, holy to Yahweh. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.

Isaiah 58:13Suppose that you turn back your feet from traveling on the Sabbath day, and from doing your own pleasure on my holy day. 1 Suppose that you call the Sabbath a delight, and that you call the matters of Yahweh holy and honored. 1 Suppose that you honor the Sabbath by leaving your own business, and by not finding your own pleasure and by not speaking your own words. 1

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

Mark 2:24The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing something that is not lawful on the Sabbath day?”

Luke 6:7The scribes and the Pharisees were watching him closely to see whether he would heal someone on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse 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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