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 watched to see if he would heal on the Sabbath. They looked for a way to accuse him.
Luke 5:33
They said: The disciples of John fast often and make supplications. So do the disciples of the Pharisees. But yours eat and drink.
Matthew 12:2
The Pharisees saw it and said to him: Your disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.
Matthew 15:2
They questioned him: Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? They eat food with unwashed hands.
Matthew 23:23
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy and faith. You should do both and leave nothing undone.
Mark 2:24
The Pharisees said: Why are they doing what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?
John 5:9
Immediately the man was made whole. He picked up his bed and walked. It happened on the Sabbath day.
John 9:14
Jesus healed the blind man on the Sabbath day.
Not
Exodus 22:10
Someone gives his neighbor a donkey, a bull, a sheep, or any other kind of animal to keep for him, and it dies, is injured, or is captured in war, and there are no witnesses.
Exodus 31:15
Work may be done for six days. The seventh day there is a Sabbath of complete rest. It is holy to Jehovah. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day will definitely be put to death.
Exodus 35:2
You may work for six days. The seventh day is a holy day of worship (a Sabbath). It is a day when you do not work. It is dedicated to Jehovah. Whoever does any work on this day should be put to death.
Numbers 15:32
One time, while the Israelites were still in the wilderness, a man was found gathering firewood on the Sabbath.
Isaiah 58:13
If because of the Sabbath, you turn your foot from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and you call the Sabbath a delight and the holy of Jehovah honorable, and honor it, desisting from your ways, from seeking your own pleasure and speaking your own word,