Luke 6:2
Luke chapter 6 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000But certain of the Pharisees said, Why do ye that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath day?
KJV
King James Version · 1611And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901But certain of the Pharisees said, Why do ye that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath day?
Context
v.1Now it came to pass on a sabbath, that he was going through the grainfields; and his disciples plucked the ears, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
v.2This passage
v.3And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read even this, what David did, when he was hungry, he, and they that were with him;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 35:2
Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death.
- Exodus 22:10
If a man deliver unto his neighbor 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:
- Matthew 23:23
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.
- Numbers 15:32
And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks upon the sabbath day.
- Luke 5:33
And they said unto him, The disciples of John fast often, and make supplications; likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink.
- Exodus 31:15
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work on the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.