Luke 6:2

But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”

Matthew 12:2

But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”

Exodus 22:10

“If a man gives his neighbor a donkey or an ox or a sheep or any [other] animal to keep [for him], and it dies or is injured or taken away while no one is looking,

Exodus 31:15

For six days work may be done, but the seventh is the Sabbath of complete rest, sacred to the Lord; whoever does work on the Sabbath day must be put to death.

Exodus 35:2

“For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the Lord; whoever does any kind of work on that day shall be put to death.

Numbers 15:32-35

Now while the Israelites were in the wilderness, they found a man who was gathering wood on the Sabbath day.

Isaiah 58:13


“If you turn back your foot from [unnecessary travel on] the Sabbath,
From doing your own pleasure on My holy day,
And call the Sabbath a [spiritual] delight, and the holy day of the Lord honorable,
And honor it, not going your own way
Or engaging in your own pleasure
Or speaking your own [idle] words,

Matthew 15:2

“Why do Your disciples violate the tradition (religious laws) handed down by the [Jewish] elders? For Your disciples do not [ceremonially] wash their hands before they eat.”

Matthew 23:23-24

“Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you give a tenth (tithe) of your mint and dill and cumin [focusing on minor matters], and have neglected the weightier [more important moral and spiritual] provisions of the Law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the [primary] things you ought to have done without neglecting the others.

Mark 2:24

The Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”

Luke 5:33

Then they said to Him, “The disciples of John [the Baptist] often practice fasting and offer prayers [of special petition], and so do the disciples of the Pharisees; but Yours eat and drink.”

Luke 6:7-9

The scribes and the Pharisees were watching Him closely [with malicious intent], to see if He would [actually] heal [someone] on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse Him.

John 5:9-11

Immediately the man was healed and recovered his strength, and picked up his pallet and walked.

Now that day was the Sabbath.

John 5:16

For this reason the Jews began to persecute Jesus continually because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

John 9:14-16

Now it was on a Sabbath day that Jesus made the mud and opened the man’s eyes.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?

Bible References

Why

Luke 6:7
The scribes and the Pharisees were watching Him closely [with malicious intent], to see if He would [actually] heal [someone] on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse Him.
Luke 5:33
Then they said to Him, “The disciples of John [the Baptist] often practice fasting and offer prayers [of special petition], and so do the disciples of the Pharisees; but Yours eat and drink.”
Matthew 12:2
But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”
Matthew 15:2
“Why do Your disciples violate the tradition (religious laws) handed down by the [Jewish] elders? For Your disciples do not [ceremonially] wash their hands before they eat.”
Matthew 23:23
“Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you give a tenth (tithe) of your mint and dill and cumin [focusing on minor matters], and have neglected the weightier [more important moral and spiritual] provisions of the Law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the [primary] things you ought to have done without neglecting the others.
Mark 2:24
The Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
John 5:9
Immediately the man was healed and recovered his strength, and picked up his pallet and walked.

Now that day was the Sabbath.
John 9:14
Now it was on a Sabbath day that Jesus made the mud and opened the man’s eyes.

Not

Exodus 22:10
“If a man gives his neighbor a donkey or an ox or a sheep or any [other] animal to keep [for him], and it dies or is injured or taken away while no one is looking,
Exodus 31:15
For six days work may be done, but the seventh is the Sabbath of complete rest, sacred to the Lord; whoever does work on the Sabbath day must be put to death.
Exodus 35:2
“For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the Lord; whoever does any kind of work on that day shall be put to death.
Numbers 15:32
Now while the Israelites were in the wilderness, they found a man who was gathering wood on the Sabbath day.
Isaiah 58:13

“If you turn back your foot from [unnecessary travel on] the Sabbath,
From doing your own pleasure on My holy day,
And call the Sabbath a [spiritual] delight, and the holy day of the Lord honorable,
And honor it, not going your own way
Or engaging in your own pleasure
Or speaking your own [idle] words,