Luke 6:2

2 and certain of the Pharisees said to them, `Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbaths?'

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 And it came to pass, on the second-first sabbath, as he is going through the corn fields, that his disciples were plucking the ears, and were eating, rubbing with the hands,

2 and certain of the Pharisees said to them, `Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbaths?'

3 And Jesus answering said unto them, `Did ye not read even this that David did, when he hungered, himself and those who are with him,

4 how he went into the house of God, and the loaves of the presentation did take, and did eat, and gave also to those with him, which it is not lawful to eat, except only to the priests?'

5 and he said to them, -- `The Son of Man is lord also of the sabbath.'