Luke 6:2
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And some of the Pharisees said to them: Why do you that which is not lawful on the sabbath days?

Matthew 12:2
And the Pharisees seeing them, said to him: Behold thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days.

John 5:10
The Jews therefore said to him that was healed: It is the sabbath. It is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed.

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And some of the Pharisees said to them: Why do you that which is not lawful on the sabbath days?

Why.

Luke 6:7-9 And the scribes and Pharisees watched if he would heal on the sabbath: that they might find an accusation against him. . . .

Luke 5:33 And they said to him: Why do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees in like manner; but thine eat and drink?

Matthew 12:2 And the Pharisees seeing them, said to him: Behold thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days.

Matthew 15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the ancients? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

Matthew 23:23,24 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you tithe mint and anise and cummin and have left the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and faith. These things you ought to have done and not to leave those undone. . . .

Mark 2:24 And the Pharisees said to him: Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

John 5:9-11,16 And immediately the man was made whole: and he took up his bed and walked. And it was the sabbath that day. . . .

John 9:14-16 Now it was the sabbath, when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. . . .

not.

Exodus 22:10 If a man deliver ass, ox, sheep, or any beast, to his neighbour's custody, and it die, or be hurt, or be taken by enemies, and no man saw it:

Exodus 31:15 Six days shall you do work: in the seventh day is the sabbath, the rest holy to the Lord. Every one that shall do any work on this day, shall die.

Exodus 35:2 Six days you shall do work; the seventh day shall be holy unto you, the sabbath and the rest of the Lord: he that shall do any work on it, shall be put to death.

Numbers 15:32-35 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel were in the wilderness, and had found a man gathering sticks on the sabbath day, . . .

Isaiah 58:13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy own will in my holy day, and call the sabbath delightful, and the holy of the Lord glorious, and glorify him, while thou dost not thy own ways, and thy own will is not found, to speak a word:

Context
The Lord of the Sabbath
1And it came to pass on the second first sabbath that, as he went through the corn fields, his disciples plucked the ears and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. 2And some of the Pharisees said to them: Why do you that which is not lawful on the sabbath days? 3And Jesus answering them, said: Have you not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was hungry and they that were with him:…
Lexicon
But
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

some
τινὲς (tines)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

of the
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Pharisees
Φαρισαίων (Pharisaiōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5330: Of Hebrew origin; a separatist, i.e. Exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary.

asked,
εἶπαν (eipan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

“Why
Τί (Ti)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

are you doing
ποιεῖτε (poieite)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

what
(ho)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that.

is unlawful
ἔξεστιν (exestin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1832: It is permitted, lawful, possible.

[on] the
τοῖς (tois)
Article - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Sabbath?”
σάββασιν (sabbasin)
Noun - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 4521: The Sabbath, a week.


Additional Translations
But some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”

But some of the Pharisees said, "Why are you doing that which is not lawful on the Sabbaths?"

And certain of the Pharisees said to them, Why do you that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?

But certain of the Pharisees said, Why do ye that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath day?

But some of the Pharisees said to them, Why do ye what is not lawful to do on the sabbath?

But certain of the Pharisees said, Why do ye that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath day?

And certain of the Pharisees said to them, Why do ye that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath-days?

And some of the Pharisees asked, "Why are you doing what the Law forbids on the Sabbath?"

But some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?"

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