Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

and the Pharisees said to him, 'Lo, why do they on the sabbaths that which is not lawful?'

New American Standard Bible

The Pharisees were saying to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

King James Version

And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

Holman Bible

The Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

International Standard Version

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

A Conservative Version

And the Pharisees said to him, Look, why are they doing what is not permitted on the Sabbath day?

American Standard Version

And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

Amplified

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

An Understandable Version

And the Pharisees asked Him, "Look, why are they [i.e., Jesus' disciples] doing what is against the law of Moses on the Sabbath day?"

Anderson New Testament

And the Pharisees said to him: See, why are they doing on the sabbath-day what is not lawful?

Bible in Basic English

And the Pharisees said to him, Why are they doing what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?

Common New Testament

And the Pharisees said to him, "Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?"

Daniel Mace New Testament

upon which the Pharisees said to him, pray observe how they trespass on the sabbath-day.

Darby Translation

And the Pharisees said to him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath what is not lawful?

Godbey New Testament

And the Pharisees continued to say to Him, Behold what they are doing on the Sabbath, which is not lawful.

Goodspeed New Testament

And the Pharisees said to him, "Look! Why are they doing what it is against the law to do on the Sabbath?"

John Wesley New Testament

And the Pharisees said to him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath that which is not lawful?

Julia Smith Translation

And the Pharisees said to him, Behold, why do they in the sabbaths what is not lawful

King James 2000

And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

Modern King James verseion

And the Pharisees said to Him, Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the sabbath day?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the Pharisees said unto him, "Behold, why do they on the Sabbath day that which is not lawful?"

Moffatt New Testament

The Pharisees said to him, "Look at what they are doing on the sabbath! That is not allowed."

Montgomery New Testament

"Look," said the Pharisees to him, "Why are they doing on the Sabbath Day what is against the law?"

NET Bible

So the Pharisees said to him, "Look, why are they doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?"

New Heart English Bible

And the Pharisees said to him, "Look, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?"

Noyes New Testament

And the Pharisees said to him, See, why are they doing on the sabbath that which is not lawful?

Sawyer New Testament

And the Pharisees said to him, See what they do on the sabbath, which it is not lawful to do.

The Emphasized Bible

And, the Pharisees, were saying, - See! why are they doing, on the Sabbath, what is not allowed?

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And the Pharisees said to him, See, why are they doing on the sabbath, what is not lawful?

Twentieth Century New Testament

"Look!" the Pharisees said to him, "why are they doing what is not allowed on the Sabbath?"

Webster

And the Pharisees said to him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath that which is not lawful?

Weymouth New Testament

So the Pharisees said to Him, "Look! why are they doing what on the Sabbath is unlawful?"

Williams New Testament

So the Pharisees were saying to Him, "Just look! Why are they doing on the Sabbath what it is against the law to do?"

World English Bible

The Pharisees said to him, "Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?"

Worrell New Testament

And the Pharisees said to them, "Behold, why are they doing on the sabbath that which is not lawful?"

Worsley New Testament

And the pharisees said to Him, See, why do they what is not lawful to be done on the sabbath-day?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

the Pharisees
Φαρισαῖος 
Pharisaios 
Usage: 80

λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045


Usage: 0

εἴδω 
Eido 
Usage: 519

why
τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 344

do they
ποιέω 
Poieo 
do, make, bring forth, commit, cause, work, show, bear, keep, fulfil, deal, perform, not tr, , vr do
Usage: 372

on
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

the sabbath day
σάββατον 
Sabbaton 
Usage: 48

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

is
ἔξεστι 
Exesti 
be lawful, may, let
Usage: 24

not
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

References

Context Readings

Plucking Grain On The Sabbath

23 And it came to pass -- he is going along on the sabbaths through the corn-fields -- and his disciples began to make a way, plucking the ears, 24 and the Pharisees said to him, 'Lo, why do they on the sabbaths that which is not lawful?' 25 And he said to them, 'Did ye never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and those with him?


Cross References

Exodus 20:10

and the seventh day is a Sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thy cattle, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, --

Exodus 31:15

Six days is work done, and in the seventh day is a sabbath of holy rest to Jehovah; any who doeth work in the sabbath-day is certainly put to death,

Exodus 35:2-3

Six days is work done, and on the seventh day there is to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to Jehovah; any who doeth work in it is put to death;

Numbers 15:32-36

And the sons of Israel are in the wilderness, and they find a man gathering wood on the sabbath-day,

Nehemiah 13:15-22

In those days I have seen in Judah those treading wine-vats on sabbath, and bringing in the sheaves, and lading on the asses, and also, wine, grapes, and figs, and every burden, yea, they are bringing in to Jerusalem on the sabbath-day, and I testify in the day of their selling provision.

Isaiah 56:2

O the happiness of a man who doth this, And of a son of man who keepeth hold on it, Keeping the sabbath from polluting it, And keeping his hand from doing any evil.

Isaiah 56:4

For thus said Jehovah of the eunuchs, Who do keep My sabbaths, And have fixed on that which I desired, And are keeping hold on My covenant:

Isaiah 56:6

And sons of the stranger, who are joined to Jehovah, To serve Him, and to love the name of Jehovah, To be to Him for servants, Every keeper of the sabbath from polluting it, And those keeping hold on My covenant.

Isaiah 58:13

If thou dost turn from the sabbath thy foot, Doing thine own pleasure on My holy day, And hast cried to the sabbath, 'A delight,' To the holy of Jehovah, 'Honoured,' And hast honoured it, without doing thine own ways, Without finding thine own pleasure, And speaking a word.

Jeremiah 17:20-27

and thou hast said unto them: Hear a word of Jehovah, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all inhabitants of Jerusalem, who are coming in by these gates,

Matthew 7:3-5

And why dost thou behold the mote that is in thy brother's eye, and the beam that is in thine own eye dost not consider?

Matthew 12:2

and the Pharisees having seen, said to him, 'Lo, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on a sabbath.'

Matthew 15:2-3

'Wherefore do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they do not wash their hands when they may eat bread.'

Matthew 23:23-24

Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law -- the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved you to do, and those not to neglect.

Mark 2:7

Why doth this one thus speak evil words? who is able to forgive sins except one -- God?'

Mark 2:16

And the scribes and the Pharisees, having seen him eating with the tax-gatherers and sinners, said to his disciples, 'Why -- that with the tax-gatherers and sinners he doth eat and drink?'

Hebrews 12:3

for consider again him who endured such gainsaying from the sinners to himself, that ye may not be wearied in your souls -- being faint.

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