Luke 6:2

New American Bible - revised edition

Some Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?”

Cross References

Exodus 22:10

there shall be an oath before the Lord between the two of them that the guardian did not lay hands on his neighbor’s property; the owner must accept the oath, and no restitution is to be made.

Exodus 31:15

Six days there are for doing work, but the seventh day is the sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord. Anyone who does work on the sabbath day shall be put to death.

Exodus 35:2

On six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be holy to you as the sabbath of complete rest to the Lord. Anyone who does work on that day shall be put to death.

Isaiah 58:13

If you refrain from trampling the sabbath, from following your own pursuits on my holy day; If you call the sabbath a delight, the Lord’s holy day glorious; If you glorify it by not following your ways, seeking your own interests, or pursuing your own affairs—

Matthew 12:2

When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “See, your disciples are doing what is unlawful to do on the sabbath.”

Matthew 15:2

“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash [their] hands when they eat a meal.”

Mark 2:24

At this the Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?”

Luke 5:33

And they said to him, “The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same; but yours eat and drink.”

John 5:16

Therefore, the Jews began to persecute Jesus because he did this on a sabbath.