Matthew 12:2 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

² But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² 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

² 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)

² 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

² When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are breaking the Sabbath law.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

² 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

² 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

Exodus 23:12

“Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; that your ox and your ass may have rest, and the son of your bondmaid, and the alien, may be refreshed.

Exodus 35:2

Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy sabbath of solemn rest to the Lord; whoever does any work on it shall be put to death;

Isaiah 58:13

“If you turn back your foot from the sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and call the sabbath a delight and the holy day of the Lord honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, or seeking your own pleasure, or talking idly;

Matthew 12:10

And behold, there was a man with a withered hand. And they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?” so that they might accuse him.

Matthew 12:3

He said to them, “Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him:

Mark 2:24

And the Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?”

Luke 14:3

And Jesus spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not?”

Luke 23:56

then they returned, and prepared spices and ointments. On the sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

Luke 6:2

But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath?”