Luke 6:2
New International Version
Some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”

New Living Translation
But some Pharisees said, “Why are you breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath?”

English Standard Version
But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?”

Berean Standard Bible
But some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”

Berean Literal Bible
But some of the Pharisees said, "Why are you doing that which is not lawful on the Sabbaths?"

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

New King James Version
And some of the Pharisees said to them, “Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?”

New American Standard Bible
But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

NASB 1995
But some of the Pharisees said, “Why do you do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

NASB 1977
But some of the Pharisees said, “Why do you do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

Legacy Standard Bible
But some of the Pharisees said, “Why do you do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

Amplified Bible
But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”

Christian Standard Bible
But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath? ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

American Standard Version
But certain of the Pharisees said, Why do ye that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath day?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But some of the Pharisees were saying to them, “Why are you doing what is illegal to do on the Sabbath?”

Contemporary English Version
Some Pharisees said, "Why are you picking grain on the Sabbath? You're not supposed to do that!"

Douay-Rheims Bible
And some of the Pharisees said to them: Why do you that which is not lawful on the sabbath days?

English Revised Version
But certain of the Pharisees said, Why do ye that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath day?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Some of the Pharisees asked, "Why are your disciples doing something that is not right to do on the day of worship?"

Good News Translation
Some Pharisees asked, "Why are you doing what our Law says you cannot do on the Sabbath?"

International Standard Version
Some of the Pharisees asked, "Why are you doing what isn't lawful on Sabbath days?"

Literal Standard Version
and certain of the Pharisees said to them, “Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbaths?”

Majority Standard Bible
But some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful to do on the Sabbath?”

New American Bible
Some Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?”

NET Bible
But some of the Pharisees said, "Why are you doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?"

New Revised Standard Version
But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?”

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And certain of the Pharisees said to them, Why do ye that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath-days?

Weymouth New Testament
And some of the Pharisees asked, "Why are you doing what the Law forbids on the Sabbath?"

World English Bible
But some of the Pharisees said to them, “Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?”

Young's Literal Translation
and certain of the Pharisees said to them, 'Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbaths?'

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Context
The Lord of the Sabbath
1One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain, rub them in their hands, and eat them. 2But some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?” 3Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?…

Cross References
Matthew 12:2
When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, "Look, Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath."

John 5:10
so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat."


Treasury of Scripture

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

Why.

Luke 6:7-9
And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him…

Luke 5:33
And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?

Matthew 12:2
But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.

not.

Exodus 22:10
If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:

Exodus 31:15
Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

Exodus 35:2
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.

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Luke 6
1. Jesus reproves the Pharisees;
12. chooses apostles;
17. heals the diseased;
20. preaches to his disciples before the people: the beattitudes;
27. Love your Enemy
37. Do not Judge
43. A Tree and Its Fruit
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Verse 2. - And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days? It would seem that these Pharisees came from Jerusalem, and were no doubt privately commissioned to watch narrowly the acts of the new Teacher who was beginning to attract such general attention, and who already was openly setting at nought the numberless additions which the Jewish schools had added to the Law. Round the original "sabbath law" of Moses thirty-nine prohibitions had been laid down in the oral law; round these "thirty-nine" a vast number of smaller rules had grouped themselves. Amongst these greater and lesser sabbath restrictions were prohibitions against "reaping and threshing." Now, plucking ears of corn was defined to be a kind of "reaping," and rubbing the ears in the hands a kind of "threshing." "See," cried some of these spying Pharisees, "do thy disciples publicly break the sabbath, and dost thou not rebuke them?" The Lord's reply does not attempt to discuss what was and what was not lawful on the sabbath, but in broad terms he expounds the great doctrine respecting the significance, limits, and purpose of every law relating to outward acts, even in the event of that law having been given by God, which was not the case in the present alleged transgression. How rigidly the stricter Jews some fourteen or fifteen centuries later still kept these strained and exaggerated traditional sabbath-day restrictions, is shown in a curious anecdote of the famous Abarbanel, "when, in 1492, the Jews were expelled from Spain, and were forbidden to enter the city of Fez, lest they should cause a famine, they lived on grass; yet even in this state 'religiously avoided the violation of their sabbath by plucking the grass with their hands. To avoid this they took the much more laborious method of grovelling on their knees, and cropping it with their teeth!"

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
But
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

some
τινὲς (tines)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

of the
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Pharisees
Φαρισαίων (Pharisaiōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 5330: Of Hebrew origin; a separatist, i.e. Exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary.

asked,
εἶπαν (eipan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

“Why
Τί (Ti)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

are you doing
ποιεῖτε (poieite)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

what
(ho)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

is unlawful
ἔξεστιν (exestin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1832: It is permitted, lawful, possible.

[on] the
τοῖς (tois)
Article - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Sabbath?”
σάββασιν (sabbasin)
Noun - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's 4521: The Sabbath, a week.


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