Luke 6:2

2 But some of the Pharisees said, "Why are you doing what is not permitted on the Sabbath?

Luke 6:2 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 6:2

And certain of the Pharisees said unto them
Unto the disciples. The Evangelists Matthew and Mark say, that they said this to Jesus: no doubt but they said it to both, first to one, and then to the other; probably last of all to Christ, who returned an answer to it:

why do ye that which is not lawful on the sabbath day?
as to pluck ears of corn, and rub them, and eat them; (See Gill on Matthew 12:2)

Luke 6:2 In-Context

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--
4 how he entered into the house of God and took the bread of the presentation, which it is not permitted to eat (except the priests alone), [and] ate [it] and gave [it] to those with him?"
5 And he said to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
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