Luke 6:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then said Jesus to 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 answered, speaking to 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, yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me? 20 The people answered and said, You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill you? 21 Jesus answered and said to them, I have done one work, and you all marvel. 22 Moses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. 23 If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?
  • Matt 12:12-13 : 12 How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep? Therefore, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath days. 13 Then he said to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out, and it was restored as whole as the other.
  • Mark 3:4 : 4 And he said to them, Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath days, or to do evil? To save life, or to kill? But they remained silent.
  • Luke 9:56 : 56 For the Son of Man did 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%

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

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

    3And he said to the man who had the withered hand, Stand forth.

    4And he said to them, Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath days, or to do evil? To save life, or to kill? But they remained silent.

    5And when he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other.

  • Matt 12:8-13
    6 verses
    82%

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

    9And when he departed from there, he went into their synagogue:

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

    11And he said to them, What man among you, who has one sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, will not lay hold of it, and lift it out?

    12How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep? Therefore, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath days.

    13Then he said to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out, and it was restored as whole as the other.

  • Luke 14:3-5
    3 verses
    81%

    3And Jesus answered, speaking to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

    4And they remained silent. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;

    5And answered them, saying, Which of you, having a donkey or an ox fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the sabbath day?

  • Luke 6:10
    81%

    10And looking around upon them all, he said to the man, Stretch forth your hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

  • Luke 6:1-3
    3 verses
    80%

    1And it happened on the second Sabbath after the first, that he went through the grain fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of grain, and ate, rubbing them in their hands.

    2And some of the Pharisees said to them, Why do you do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath days?

    3And Jesus answered them, Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him;

  • Luke 6:5-8
    4 verses
    79%

    5And he said to them, The Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath.

    6And it also happened 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 who had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he rose and stood forth.

  • Mark 2:23-25
    3 verses
    78%

    23And it happened that he went through the grain fields on the Sabbath, and his disciples began to pluck the heads of grain as they went.

    24And the Pharisees said to him, Look, why do they do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?

    25And he said to them, Have you never read what David did, when he needed and was hungry, he and those with him?

  • Luke 13:14-16
    3 verses
    76%

    14And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, and said to the people, There are six days on 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, You hypocrite, does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water?

    16And should not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, indeed these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?

  • Matt 12:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the heads of grain and to eat.

    2But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, Look, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day.

  • John 7:23
    73%

    23If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?

  • John 5:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9And immediately the man was made whole, took up his bed, and walked. And on that day was the Sabbath.

    10The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, 'It is the Sabbath day; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.'

  • Mark 2:9
    72%

    9Which is easier, to say to the paralyzed man, Your sins are forgiven you, or to say, Arise, take up your bed, and walk?

  • Matt 20:15
    72%

    15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? Is your eye evil, because I am good?

  • Mark 2:27
    72%

    27And he said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

  • Luke 13:10
    72%

    10And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.

  • Matt 9:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, Why do you think evil in your hearts?

    5For which is easier, to say, Your sins are forgiven you; or to say, Arise, and walk?

  • John 9:16
    71%

    16Therefore some of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he does not keep the Sabbath day. Others said, How can a man who is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

  • Mark 9:16
    71%

    16And he asked the scribes, What are you questioning with them?

  • Matt 12:5
    70%

    5Or have you not read in the law, how on the Sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?

  • Luke 5:23
    70%

    23Which is easier, to say, Your sins are forgiven you; or to say, Rise up and walk?

  • Luke 14:1
    70%

    1And it happened, 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
    69%

    29And Jesus answered and said to them, I will also ask you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

  • Luke 9:56
    69%

    56For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives but to save them. And they went to another village.

  • John 9:14
    69%

    14And it was the Sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

  • Mark 6:2
    69%

    2And when the Sabbath day came, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were amazed, saying, Where did this man get these things? And what wisdom is this which is given to him, that even such mighty works are performed by his hands?