Luke 6:9

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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]?

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  • Luke 14:3 : 3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, ‹Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?›
  • John 7:19-23 : 19 ‹Did not Moses give you the law, and› [yet] ‹none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?› 20 The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee? 21 Jesus answered and said unto them, ‹I have done one work, and ye all marvel.› 22 ‹Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.› 23 ‹If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?›
  • Matt 12:12-13 : 12 ‹How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.› 13 Then saith he to the man, ‹Stretch forth thine hand.› And he stretched [it] forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.
  • Mark 3:4 : 4 And he saith unto them, ‹Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill?› But they held their peace.
  • Luke 9:56 : 56 ‹For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save› [them]. And they went to another village.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 3:1-5
    5 verses
    88%

    1¶ And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.

    2And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.

    3And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, ‹Stand forth.›

    4And he saith unto them, ‹Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill?› But they held their peace.

    5And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, ‹Stretch forth thine hand.› And he stretched [it] out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

  • Matt 12:8-13
    6 verses
    82%

    8‹For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.›

    9And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:

    10And, behold, there was a man which had [his] hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.

    11And he said unto them, ‹What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift› [it] ‹out?›

    12‹How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.›

    13Then saith he to the man, ‹Stretch forth thine hand.› And he stretched [it] forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.

  • Luke 14:3-5
    3 verses
    81%

    3And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, ‹Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?›

    4And they held their peace. And he took [him], and healed him, and let him go;

    5And answered them, saying, ‹Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?›

  • Luke 6:10
    81%

    10And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, ‹Stretch forth thy hand.› And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

  • Luke 6:1-3
    3 verses
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    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.

    2And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?

    3And 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;›

  • Luke 6:5-8
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    5And he said unto them, ‹That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.›

    6And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered.

    7And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.

    8But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, ‹Rise up, and stand forth in the midst.› And he arose and stood forth.

  • Mark 2:23-25
    3 verses
    78%

    23And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.

    24And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

    25And he said unto them, ‹Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?›

  • Luke 13:14-16
    3 verses
    76%

    14And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

    15The Lord then answered him, and said, [Thou] ‹hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or› [his] ‹ass from the stall, and lead› [him] ‹away to watering?›

    16‹And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?›

  • Matt 12:1-2
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    76%

    1¶ At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.

    2But when the Pharisees saw [it], they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.

  • John 7:23
    73%

    23‹If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?›

  • John 5:9-10
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    72%

    9And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.

    10The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry [thy] bed.

  • Mark 2:9
    72%

    9‹Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy,› [Thy] ‹sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?›

  • Matt 20:15
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    15‹Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?›

  • Mark 2:27
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    27And he said unto them, ‹The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:›

  • Luke 13:10
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    10¶ And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.

  • Matt 9:4-5
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    71%

    4And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, ‹Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?›

    5‹For whether is easier, to say,› [Thy] ‹sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?›

  • John 9:16
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    16Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

  • John 5:16
    71%

    16And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

  • Mark 9:16
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    16And he asked the scribes, ‹What question ye with them?›

  • Matt 12:5
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    5‹Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?›

  • Luke 5:23
    70%

    23‹Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?›

  • Luke 14:1
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    1¶ And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

  • Mark 11:29
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    29And Jesus answered and said unto them, ‹I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.›

  • Luke 9:56
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    56‹For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save› [them]. And they went to another village.

  • John 5:12
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    12Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?

  • John 9:14
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    14And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

  • Mark 6:2
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    2And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing [him] were astonished, saying, From whence hath this [man] these things? and what wisdom [is] this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?