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

² 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

² 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

² 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)

² But certain of the Pharisees said, Why do ye that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath day?

Common English Bible

² Some Pharisees said, “Why are you breaking the Sabbath law?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

² 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

² 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.