Luke 6:9

And when he had come and stood, Jeshu said to them, I ask you which is lawful to do on the shabath, good or evil, life to save or to destroy?

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

In The King James Version

Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?

In Context

8But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man whose hand was dried, Rise (and) come into the midst of the assembly.

10And he beheld them all, and said to him, Stretch forth thine hand: and he stretched it forth, and his hand was restored as its fellow.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:12How much more precious is a child of man than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful on the sabbath-day to do that which is good.

Luke 9:56And they went to another village.

John 7:19Did not Musha give you the law? But no man of you keepeth the law. Why seek you to kill me?

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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