Luke 6:2

Some of the Pharisees asked, "Why are you doing what isn't lawful on Sabbath days?"

Matthew 12:2

When the Pharisees saw this, they told him, "Look! Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!"

Exodus 22:10

"When a man gives a donkey, ox, sheep, or any animal to his neighbor for safe keeping, and it dies or is injured or is driven away when no one is looking,

Exodus 31:15

Work may be done for six days, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does work on the Sabbath is certainly to die.

Exodus 35:2

For six days work is to be done, but on the seventh day you are to have a holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest in dedication to the LORD. Anyone who does work on that day is to be executed.

Numbers 15:32-35

As it was when the Israelis were in the wilderness, they found a man who was gathering wood on the Sabbath day.

Isaiah 58:13

"If you keep your feet from trampling the Sabbath, from pursuing your own interests on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD's holy day honorable; and if you honor it by not going your own ways and seeking your own pleasure or speaking merely idle words,

Matthew 15:2

"Why do your disciples disregard the tradition of the elders? They don't wash their hands when they eat."

Matthew 23:23-24

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your mint, dill, and cummin, but have neglected the more important matters of the Law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These are the things you should have practiced, without neglecting the others.

Mark 2:24

The Pharisees asked him, "Look! Why are they doing what is not lawful on Sabbath days?"

Luke 5:33

Then they told him, "John's disciples frequently fast and pray, and so do those of the Pharisees. But your disciples keep right on eating and drinking."

Luke 6:7-9

The scribes and the Pharisees were watching Jesus closely to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, in order to find a way of accusing him of doing something wrong.

John 5:9-11

The man immediately became well, and he picked up his mat and started walking. Now that day was a Sabbath.

John 5:16

So the Jewish leaders began persecuting Jesus, because he kept doing such things on the Sabbath.

John 9:14-16

Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and healed his eyes.

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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 Jesus closely to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, in order to find a way of accusing him of doing something wrong.
Luke 5:33
Then they told him, "John's disciples frequently fast and pray, and so do those of the Pharisees. But your disciples keep right on eating and drinking."
Matthew 12:2
When the Pharisees saw this, they told him, "Look! Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!"
Matthew 15:2
"Why do your disciples disregard the tradition of the elders? They don't wash their hands when they eat."
Matthew 23:23
"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your mint, dill, and cummin, but have neglected the more important matters of the Law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These are the things you should have practiced, without neglecting the others.
Mark 2:24
The Pharisees asked him, "Look! Why are they doing what is not lawful on Sabbath days?"
John 5:9
The man immediately became well, and he picked up his mat and started walking. Now that day was a Sabbath.
John 9:14
Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and healed his eyes.

Not

Exodus 22:10
"When a man gives a donkey, ox, sheep, or any animal to his neighbor for safe keeping, and it dies or is injured or is driven away when no one is looking,
Exodus 31:15
Work may be done for six days, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does work on the Sabbath is certainly to die.
Exodus 35:2
For six days work is to be done, but on the seventh day you are to have a holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest in dedication to the LORD. Anyone who does work on that day is to be executed.
Numbers 15:32
As it was when the Israelis were in the wilderness, they found a man who was gathering wood on the Sabbath day.
Isaiah 58:13
"If you keep your feet from trampling the Sabbath, from pursuing your own interests on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD's holy day honorable; and if you honor it by not going your own ways and seeking your own pleasure or speaking merely idle words,

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