Luke 6:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁹ Then Jesus said to them, ‘I ask you: Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it? ’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Then Jesus said to them, I ask you, is it lawful and right on the Sabbath to do good [so that someone derives advantage from it] or to do evil, to save a life [and make a soul safe] or to destroy it?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ And Jesus said unto them, I ask you, Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good, or to do harm? to save a life, or to destroy it?

Common English Bible

⁹ Jesus said to the legal experts and Pharisees, “Here’s a question for you: Is it legal on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Then Jesus said to them: "I ask you if it is lawful on the Sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? To give health to a life, or to destroy it?"

Luke 6:9 Cross References

Mark 3:4

Then he said to them, ‘Is it lawful   to do good   on the Sabbath or to do evil,   to save life   or to kill? ’   But they were silent.

Luke 14:3

In response, Jesus asked the law experts  and the Pharisees, ‘Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not? ’

Luke 6:10

After looking round at them all,  he told him, ‘Stretch out your hand.’   He did, and his hand was restored.

Luke 6:8

But he knew their thoughts  and told the man with the shrivelled hand, ‘Get up and stand here.’   So he got up and stood there.

Luke 9:56

and they went to another village.