Luke 6:2 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

But certain Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is against the Law of Moses on the Sabbath day?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But some of the Pharisees asked them, Why are you doing what is not permitted to be done on the Sabbath days? [Exod. 20:10; 23:12; Deut. 5:14.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Some Pharisees said, “Why are you breaking the Sabbath law?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then certain Pharisees said to them, "Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbaths?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Luke 6:2 Cross References

Matthew 12:2

But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is against the Law of Moses to do on a Sabbath day.”

Matthew 15:2

“Why do your disciples violate the tradition of the [Jewish] elders? For they do not [ceremonially] wash their hands before eating [their meals].”

Mark 2:24

And the Pharisees asked Him, “Look, why are they [i.e., Jesus’ disciples] doing what is against the Law of Moses on the Sabbath day?”

Luke 5:33

Then they said to Jesus, “John’s [the Immerser’s] disciples fast frequently [i.e., going without food and/or drink for religious reasons] and they offer earnest prayer requests, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same things. But your disciples eat and drink.”

John 5:16

So, for this reason the Jews began persecuting Jesus, because He did these [kinds of] things on the Sabbath day.