Luke 6:2

But some of the Pharishee said to them, Why do you a thing which it is not lawful on the shabuth to do?

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

1IT was on the shabath, while Jeshu was walking among the corn, and his disciples gathered the ears, and rubbed in their hands and ate (them).

3Jeshu answered and said to them, And this have you not read, what David did when he hungered, and they who were with him?

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Cross References

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

Mark 2:24And the Pharishee said to him, See how on the shabath they do what is not lawful.

Luke 6:7and the Sophree and Pharishee watched him, if he would heal on the shabath, that they might 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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