Luke 6:2

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Some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?"

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  • Matt 12:2 : 2 But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, 'Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.'
  • Matt 15:2 : 2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
  • Matt 23:23-24 : 23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You tithe mint, dill, and cumin but have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These you ought to have done without neglecting the others. 24 Blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
  • Mark 2:24 : 24 The Pharisees said to Jesus, 'Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?
  • Luke 5:33 : 33 Then they said to Him, "Why do John's disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?"
  • Luke 6:7-9 : 7 The scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath, so they could find an accusation against Him. 8 But Jesus knew their thoughts. He said to the man with the withered hand, "Get up and stand in the middle." So the man got up and stood there. 9 Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save a life or to destroy it?"
  • John 5:9-9 : 9 Immediately, the man was made well; he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now that day was the Sabbath. 10 So the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, 'It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.' 11 But he answered them, 'The one who made me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’'
  • John 5:16 : 16 Because of this, the Jews began to persecute Jesus and tried to kill Him, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.
  • John 9:14-16 : 14 Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. 15 So the Pharisees also asked him again how he had received his sight. He replied, 'He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I see.' 16 Some of the Pharisees said, 'This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.' But others said, 'How can a sinful man perform such signs?' So there was division among them.
  • Exod 22:10 : 10 the issue between them will be settled by an oath before the Lord that the neighbor has not taken the other’s property. The owner must accept this, and no restitution is required.
  • Exod 31:15 : 15 For six days, work shall be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death.
  • Exod 35:2 : 2 Work is to be done for six days, but the seventh day will be holy to you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it must be put to death.
  • Num 15:32-35 : 32 While the Israelites were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day. 33 Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses, Aaron, and the whole assembly. 34 They kept him in custody because it had not yet been made clear what should be done to him. 35 The Lord said to Moses, 'The man must be put to death. The whole assembly is to stone him outside the camp.'
  • Isa 58:13 : 13 If you keep your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on my holy day, and you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord's holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way or doing as you please or speaking idle words,

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  • Mark 2:23-28
    6 verses
    93%

    23One Sabbath, as Jesus was walking through the grainfields, his disciples began to pluck some heads of grain as they went along.

    24The Pharisees said to Jesus, 'Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?

    25Jesus said to them, 'Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?

    26'He entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat. He also gave some to his companions.'

    27Then he said to them, 'The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.'

    28'So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.'

  • Matt 12:1-5
    5 verses
    90%

    1At that time, Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples became hungry and began to pick heads of grain and eat them.

    2But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, 'Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.'

    3He said to them, 'Have you not read what David did when he and those with him were hungry?

    4How he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for him or those with him to eat, but only for the priests?

    5Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath, the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and are innocent?

  • Luke 6:1
    88%

    1One Sabbath, while Jesus was walking through the grain fields, His disciples began picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.

  • Luke 6:3-10
    8 verses
    82%

    3Jesus answered them, "Have you not even read what David did when he and those with him were hungry?

    4"He entered the house of God, took the bread of the Presence, ate it, and gave some to those with him, which is not lawful for anyone to eat but the priests alone."

    5Then He said to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."

    6On another Sabbath, He went into the synagogue and began teaching, and there was a man whose right hand was withered.

    7The scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath, so they could find an accusation against Him.

    8But Jesus knew their thoughts. He said to the man with the withered hand, "Get up and stand in the middle." So the man got up and stood there.

    9Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save a life or to destroy it?"

    10Looking around at all of them, He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." The man did so, and his hand was restored, as sound as the other.

  • Luke 14:3
    81%

    3Jesus responded to the experts in the law and the Pharisees, asking, 'Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?'

  • Matt 12:8-12
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    78%

    8For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.

    9Departing from there, He went into their synagogue.

    10And a man with a withered hand was there. They asked Jesus, 'Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?' so that they might accuse Him.

    11He said to them, 'Which one of you who has a sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?

    12How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.'

  • Mark 3:4
    78%

    4Then He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save a life or to kill?" But they remained silent.

  • Mark 7:5
    78%

    5So the Pharisees and the scribes questioned Him, "Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?"

  • John 9:16
    78%

    16Some of the Pharisees said, 'This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.' But others said, 'How can a sinful man perform such signs?' So there was division among them.

  • Luke 13:14-16
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    77%

    14But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, 'There are six days for work. So come to be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.'

    15The Lord answered him, 'You hypocrites! Doesn’t each of you untie your ox or donkey from the stall on the Sabbath and lead it out to give it water?

    16Then shouldn’t this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?

  • Luke 14:1
    76%

    1One Sabbath, as Jesus went to eat at the house of a prominent Pharisee, they were carefully watching him.

  • Mark 3:2
    76%

    2They were watching Jesus closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath, so they might accuse Him.

  • John 5:16
    76%

    16Because of this, the Jews began to persecute Jesus and tried to kill Him, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

  • John 5:10
    76%

    10So the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, 'It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.'

  • Mark 7:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1The Pharisees and some of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, gathered around Him.

    2They saw some of His disciples eating bread with unclean, that is, unwashed hands, and they criticized them.

  • Luke 14:5
    75%

    5Then he asked them, 'If one of you has a son or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will you not immediately pull him out?'

  • Matt 15:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,

    2“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”

  • John 7:23
    73%

    23If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses is not broken, why are you angry at Me because I made a man entirely well on the Sabbath?

  • Mark 2:18
    73%

    18Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and people came and asked Jesus, 'Why do John's disciples and the Pharisees’ disciples fast, but your disciples do not fast?

  • Mark 6:2
    73%

    2When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were amazed. They said, 'Where did this man get these things? What is this wisdom that has been given to Him? What remarkable miracles are being done through His hands!

  • Luke 13:10
    73%

    10Now Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.

  • John 9:14
    72%

    14Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.

  • Matt 9:14
    72%

    14Then the disciples of John came to him and asked, 'Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?'

  • Matt 9:11
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    11When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, 'Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?'

  • Matt 15:12
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    12Then the disciples came to him and told him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”

  • Matt 22:41
    72%

    41While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,