Parallel Verses

Amplified

But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”

New American Standard Bible

But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples do what is not lawful to do on a Sabbath.”

King James Version

But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

When the Pharisees saw this, they told him, "Look! Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!"

A Conservative Version

But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, Behold, thy disciples do what is not permitted to do upon the Sabbath.

American Standard Version

But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do upon the sabbath.

An Understandable Version

But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, "Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law of Moses to do on a Sabbath day."

Anderson New Testament

But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him: Behold, your disciples are doing what it is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.

Bible in Basic English

But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, See, your disciples do that which it is not right to do on the Sabbath.

Common New Testament

But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, "Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."

Daniel Mace New Testament

the Pharisees seeing that, said to him, see, your disciples are doing what is unlawful to do on the sabbath-day.

Darby Translation

But the Pharisees, seeing it, said to him, Behold, thy disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on sabbath.

Godbey New Testament

And the Pharisees, seeing, said to Him, Behold thy disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.

Goodspeed New Testament

But the Pharisees saw it and said to him, "Look! Your disciples are doing something which it is against the Law to do on the Sabbath!"

John Wesley New Testament

But the Pharisees seeing it said to him, Behold thy disciples do what it is not lawful to do on the sabbath.

Julia Smith Translation

And the Pharisees, seeing, said to him, Behold, thy disciples do what is not lawful to do in the sabbath.

King James 2000

But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, your disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.

Lexham Expanded Bible

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!"

Modern King James verseion

But when the Pharisees saw, they said to Him, Behold, your disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath day.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

When the Pharisees saw that, they said unto him, "Behold: thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the Sabbath day."

Moffatt New Testament

When the Pharisees noticed it, they said to him, "Look at your disciples, they are doing what is not allowed on the sabbath."

Montgomery New Testament

But the Pharisees, when they perceived it, said to him. "Look! Your disciples are doing what it is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!"

NET Bible

But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him, "Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath."

New Heart English Bible

But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, "Look, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."

Noyes New Testament

But the Pharisees, seeing it, said to him, Lo! thy disciples are doing that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath.

Sawyer New Testament

And the Pharisees seeing it, said to him, Behold, your disciples do what it is not lawful to do on the sabbath.

The Emphasized Bible

But, the Pharisees, observing it, said unto him, Lo! thy disciples, are doing what is not allowed to do, on sabbath.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, Behold, thy disciples do a thing that it is not lawful to do on the sabbath.

Twentieth Century New Testament

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

Webster

But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, Behold, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath.

Weymouth New Testament

But the Pharisees saw it and said to Him, "Look! your disciples are doing what the Law forbids them to do on the Sabbath."

Williams New Testament

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, "Just look! Your disciples are doing something that it is against the law to do on the sabbath!"

World English Bible

But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, "Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."

Worrell New Testament

But the Pharisees, seeing it, said to Him, "Behold, Thy disciples are doing that which it is not lawful to do on a sabbath."

Worsley New Testament

And when the pharisees saw it they said to Him, See, thy disciples are doing what is not lawful for them to do on the sabbath.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But when
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

the Pharisees
Φαρισαῖος 
Pharisaios 
Usage: 80

saw
εἴδω 
Eido 
Usage: 519

it, they said
ἔπω 
Epo 
say, speak, tell, command, bid, , vr say
Usage: 824


Usage: 0

ἰδού 
Idou 
behold, lo, see
Usage: 140

thy
σοῦ 
Sou 
thy, thee, thine, thine own, thou, not tr
Usage: 241

μαθητής 
Mathetes 
Usage: 254

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

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

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

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

ἔξεστι 
Exesti 
be lawful, may, let
Usage: 24

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

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

References

Context Readings

Plucking Grain On The Sabbath

1 At that particular time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them. 2 But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.” 3 He said to them, “Have you not read [in the Scriptures] what David did when he was hungry, he and those who accompanied him—


Cross References

Matthew 12:10

A man was there whose hand was withered. And they asked Jesus, “Is it lawful and permissible to heal on the Sabbath?”—they asked this so that they might accuse Him and bring charges into court.

Exodus 20:9-11

Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

Luke 14:3

And Jesus asked the lawyers and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?”

Exodus 23:12

“Six days [each week] you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall stop [working] so that your ox and your donkey may settle down and rest, and the son of your female servant, as well as your stranger, may be refreshed.

Exodus 31:15-17

For six days work may be done, but the seventh is the Sabbath of complete rest, sacred to the Lord; whoever does work on the Sabbath day must be put to death.

Exodus 35:2

“For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the Lord; whoever does any kind of work on that day shall be put to death.

Numbers 15:32-36

Now while the Israelites were in the wilderness, they found a man who was gathering wood on the Sabbath day.

Isaiah 58:13


“If you turn back your foot from [unnecessary travel on] the Sabbath,
From doing your own pleasure on My holy day,
And call the Sabbath a [spiritual] delight, and the holy day of the Lord honorable,
And honor it, not going your own way
Or engaging in your own pleasure
Or speaking your own [idle] words,

Mark 3:2-5

The Pharisees were watching Jesus closely to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him [in the Jewish high court].

Luke 6:6-11

On another Sabbath He went into the synagogue and taught, and a man was present whose right hand was withered.

Luke 13:10-17

Now Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.

Luke 23:56

Then they went back and prepared spices and ointments and sweet-smelling herbs.

And on the Sabbath they rested in accordance with the commandment [forbidding work].

John 5:9-11

Immediately the man was healed and recovered his strength, and picked up his pallet and walked.

Now that day was the Sabbath.

John 5:16-17

For this reason the Jews began to persecute Jesus continually because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

John 7:21-24

Jesus replied, “I did one work, and you are all astounded.

John 9:14-16

Now it was on a Sabbath day that Jesus made the mud and opened the man’s eyes.

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