Matthew 12:2

New Century Version

When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Jesus, “Look! Your followers are doing what is unlawful to do on the Sabbath day.”

Cross References

Exodus 23:12

“You should work six days a week, but on the seventh day you must rest. This lets your ox and your donkey rest, and it also lets the slave born in your house and the foreigner be refreshed.

Exodus 35:2

You are to work for six days, but the seventh day will be a holy day, a Sabbath of rest to honor the Lord. Anyone who works on that day must be put to death.

Isaiah 58:13

“You must obey God’s law about the Sabbath and not do what pleases yourselves on that holy day. You should call the Sabbath a joyful day and honor it as the Lord’s holy day. You should honor it by not doing whatever you please nor saying whatever you please on that day.

Matthew 12:10

where there was a man with a crippled hand. They were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they asked him, “Is it right to heal on the Sabbath day?”

Matthew 12:3

Jesus answered, “Have you not read what David did when he and the people with him were hungry?

Mark 2:24

The Pharisees said to Jesus, “Why are your followers doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath day?”

Luke 14:3

Jesus said to the Pharisees and experts on the law, “Is it right or wrong to heal on the Sabbath day?”

Luke 23:56

Then the women left to prepare spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath day they rested, as the law of Moses commanded.

Luke 6:2

Some Pharisees said, “Why do you do what is not lawful on the Sabbath day?”