Luke 6:2

Plucking Grain On The Sabbath

¹ Now it happened that on a Sabbath he went through the grain fields, and his disciples were picking and eating the heads of grain, rubbing [them] in [their] hands. ² But some of the Pharisees said, "Why are you doing what is not permitted on the Sabbath? ³ And Jesus answered [and] said to them, "Have you not read this, what David did when he and those [who were] with him were hungry--

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Matthew 12:2

But [when] the Pharisees saw [it], they said to him, "Behold, your disciples are doing what it is not permitted to do on the Sabbath!"

Exodus 22:10

" 'If a man gives to his neighbor a donkey or an ox or small livestock or any beast to watch over and it dies or is injured or is captured [when] there is no one who sees,

Exodus 31:15

[On] six days work can be done, and on the seventh {is a Sabbath of complete rest}, {a holy day} for Yahweh; anyone doing work on the Sabbath day will surely be put to death.

Exodus 35:2

[On] six days work can be done, and on the seventh there will be for you a holy [day], a {Sabbath of complete rest}, for Yahweh; anyone doing work on it will be put to death.

Numbers 15:32-35

When the {Israelites} were in the desert, they found a man who was gathering wood on the day of the Sabbath.

Isaiah 58:13

If you hold your foot back from [the] Sabbath, [from] doing your affairs on {my holy day}, if you call the Sabbath a pleasure, the holy [day] of Yahweh honorable, if you honor him {more than} doing your ways, than finding your affairs and speaking a word,

Matthew 15:2

"Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat {a meal}."

Matthew 23:23-24

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you pay a tenth of mint and dill and cumin, and neglect the more important [matters] of the law--justice and mercy and faithfulness! It was necessary to do these [things] {while not neglecting those}.

Mark 2:24

And the Pharisees began to say to him, "Behold, why are they doing what is not permitted on the Sabbath?"

Luke 5:33

And they said to him, "The disciples of John fast often and make prayers--likewise also the [disciples] of the Pharisees--but yours are eating and drinking!"

Luke 6:7-9

So the scribes and the Pharisees were watching closely [to see] if he would heal on the Sabbath, in order that they could find [a reason] to accuse him.

John 5:9-11

And immediately the man became well and picked up his mat and began to walk. (Now it was the Sabbath on that day.)

John 5:16

And on account of this the Jews began to persecute Jesus, because he was doing these [things] on the Sabbath.

John 9:14-16

(Now the day on which Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes was the Sabbath.)