Luke 6:2

World English Bible (2000)

But some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?"

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  • Matt 12:2 : 2 But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, "Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."
  • Matt 15:2 : 2 "Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread."
  • Matt 23:23-24 : 23 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone. 24 You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
  • Mark 2:24 : 24 The Pharisees said to him, "Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?"
  • Luke 5:33 : 33 They said to him, "Why do John's disciples often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?"
  • Luke 6:7-9 : 7 The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him. 8 But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Rise up, and stand in the middle." He arose and stood. 9 Then Jesus said to them, "I will ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?"
  • John 5:9-9 : 9 Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day. 10 So the Jews said to him who was cured, "It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat." 11 He answered them, "He who made me well, the same said to me, 'Take up your mat, and walk.'"
  • John 5:16 : 16 For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath.
  • John 9:14-16 : 14 It was a Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. 15 Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, "He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and I see." 16 Some therefore of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, because he doesn't keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" There was division among them.
  • Exod 22:10 : 10 "If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies or is injured, or driven away, no man seeing it;
  • Exod 31:15 : 15 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Yahweh. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death.
  • Exod 35:2 : 2 'Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to Yahweh: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.
  • Num 15:32-35 : 32 While the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day. 33 Those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation. 34 They put him in custody, because it had not been declared what should be done to him. 35 Yahweh said to Moses, "The man shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside of the camp."
  • Isa 58:13 : 13 "If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, [and] the holy of Yahweh honorable; and shall honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking [your own] words:

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  • Mark 2:23-28
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    23 It happened that he was going on the Sabbath day through the grain fields, and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain.

    24 The Pharisees said to him, "Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?"

    25 He said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry--he, and those who were with him?

    26 How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the show bread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?"

    27 He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

    28 Therefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath."

  • Matt 12:1-5
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    1 At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.

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

    3 But he said to them, "Haven't you read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him;

    4 how he entered into the house of God, and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who were with him, but only for the priests?

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

  • Luke 6:1
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    1 Now it happened on the second Sabbath after the first, that he was going through the grain fields. His disciples plucked the heads of grain, and ate, rubbing them in their hands.

  • Luke 6:3-10
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    3 Jesus, answering them, said, "Haven't you read what David did when he was hungry, he, and those who were with him;

    4 how he entered into the house of God, and took and ate the show bread, and gave also to those who were with him, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests alone?"

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

    6 It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and taught. There was a man there, and his right hand was withered.

    7 The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him.

    8 But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Rise up, and stand in the middle." He arose and stood.

    9 Then Jesus said to them, "I will ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?"

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

  • Luke 14:3
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    3 Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"

  • Matt 12:8-12
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    8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."

    9 He departed there, and went into their synagogue.

    10 And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?" that they might accuse him.

    11 He said to them, "What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won't he grab on to it, and lift it out?

    12 Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day."

  • Mark 3:4
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    4 He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?" But they were silent.

  • Mark 7:5
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    5 The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why don't your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"

  • John 9:16
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    16 Some therefore of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, because he doesn't keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" There was division among them.

  • Luke 13:14-16
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    14 The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, "There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!"

    15 Therefore the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Doesn't each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water?

    16 Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?"

  • Luke 14:1
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    1 It happened, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.

  • Mark 3:2
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    2 They watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.

  • John 5:16
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    16 For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath.

  • John 5:10
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    10 So the Jews said to him who was cured, "It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat."

  • Mark 7:1-2
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    1 Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.

    2 Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault.

  • Luke 14:5
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    5 He answered them, "Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn't immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?"

  • Matt 15:1-2
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    1 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,

    2 "Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread."

  • John 7:23
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    23 If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me, because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?

  • Mark 2:18
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    18 John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't fast?"

  • Mark 6:2
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    2 When the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing him were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get these things?" and, "What is the wisdom that is given to this man, that such mighty works come about by his hands?

  • Luke 13:10
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    10 He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day.

  • John 9:14
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    14 It was a Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.

  • Matt 9:14
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    14 Then John's disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"

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

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

  • Matt 22:41
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    41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,