Parallel Verses

Twentieth Century New Testament

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

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?

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?

Youngs Literal Translation

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

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 One Sabbath, as Jesus was walking through the cornfields, his disciples began to pick the ears of wheat as they went along. 24 "Look!" the Pharisees said to him, "why are they doing what is not allowed on the Sabbath?" 25 "Have you never read," answered Jesus, "what David did when he was in want and hungry, he and his companions--


Cross References

Matthew 7:3-5

And why do you look at the straw in your brother's eye, while you pay no attention at all to the beam in yours?

Matthew 12:2

But, when the Pharisees saw this, they said: "Look! your disciples are doing what it is not allowable to do on a Sabbath!"

Matthew 15:2-3

"How is it that your disciples break the traditions of our ancestors? For they do not wash their hands when they eat food."

Matthew 23:23-24

Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You pay tithes on mint, fennel, and caraway seed, and have neglected the weightier matters of the Law--justice, mercy, and good faith. These last you ought to have put into practice, without neglecting the first.

Mark 2:7

"Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins except God?"

Mark 2:16

When the Teachers of the Law belonging to the party of the Pharisees saw that he was eating in the company of such people, they said to his disciples: "He is eating in the company of tax- gatherers and outcasts!"

Hebrews 12:3

Weigh well the example of him who had to endure such opposition from 'men who were sinning against themselves,' so that you should not grow weary or faint-hearted.

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