Luke 6:2

Plucking Grain On The Sabbath

¹ On a Sabbath, He passed through the grainfields. His disciples were picking heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them. ² But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?” ³ Jesus answered them, “Haven’t you read what David and those who were with him did when he was hungry—

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Matthew 12:2

But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!”

Exodus 22:10

“When a man gives his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any other animal to care for, but it dies, is injured, or is stolen, while no one is watching,

Exodus 31:15

Work may be done for six days, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest, dedicated to the Lord. Anyone who does work on the Sabbath day must be put to death.

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 to the Lord. Anyone who does work on it must be executed.

Numbers 15:32-35

While the Israelites were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day.

Isaiah 58:13

“If you keep from desecrating the Sabbath,
from doing whatever you want on My holy day;
if you call the Sabbath a delight,
and the holy day of the Lord honorable;
if you honor it, not going your own ways,
seeking your own pleasure, or talking too much;

Matthew 15:2

“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat!”

Matthew 23:23-24

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy, and faith. These things should have been done without neglecting the others.

Mark 2:24

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

Luke 5:33

Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples fast often and say prayers, and those of the Pharisees do the same, but Yours eat and drink.”

Luke 6:7-9

The scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely, to see if He would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a charge against Him.

John 5:9-11

Instantly the man got well, picked up his mat, and started to walk.

Now that day was the Sabbath,

John 5:16

Therefore, the Jews began persecuting Jesus because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

John 9:14-16

The day that Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.