Matthew 12:2 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

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.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, See there! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful and not permitted on the Sabbath.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are breaking the Sabbath law.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then the Pharisees, seeing this, said to him, "Behold, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbaths."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the Pharisees seeing them, said to him: Behold thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days.

Matthew 12:2 Cross References

Matthew 12:10

and there He saw a man with a deformed hand. They asked Him, “Is it permissible by the Law of Moses to heal someone on a Sabbath day?”

Matthew 12:3

Jesus replied, “Have you not read what King David did when he and his men were hungry? [I Sam. 21:6]

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 14:3

So, Jesus asked the teachers of the Law of Moses and the Pharisees, saying, “Is it permissible by the Law of Moses to heal people on the Sabbath day, or not?”

Luke 23:56

So, they returned [home] and prepared spices and [aromatic] oils [i.e., for embalming Jesus’ body]. Then they rested on the Sabbath day according to the [fourth] commandment. [See Ex. 20:10].

Luke 6:2

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