Mark 2:24
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New International Version (©2011)
The Pharisees said to him, "Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?"

New Living Translation (©2007)
But the Pharisees said to Jesus, "Look, why are they breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath?"

English Standard Version (©2001)
And the Pharisees were saying to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The Pharisees were saying to Him, "Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?"

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The Pharisees said to Him, "Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?"

International Standard Version (©2012)
The Pharisees asked him, "Look! Why are they doing what is not lawful on Sabbath days?"

NET Bible (©2006)
So the Pharisees said to him, "Look, why are they doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?"

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
And the Pharisees were saying to him, “Look, why are they doing something that is illegal on the Sabbath?”

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The Pharisees asked him, "Look! Why are your disciples doing something that is not permitted on the day of worship?"

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

American King James Version
And the Pharisees said to him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

American Standard Version
And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Pharisees said to him: Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

Darby Bible Translation
And the Pharisees said to him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath what is not lawful?

English Revised Version
And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

Webster's Bible Translation
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?"

World English Bible
The Pharisees said to him, "Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?"

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

2:23-28 The sabbath is a sacred and Divine institution; a privilege and benefit, not a task and drudgery. God never designed it to be a burden to us, therefore we must not make it so to ourselves. The sabbath was instituted for the good of mankind, as living in society, having many wants and troubles, preparing for a state of happiness or misery. Man was not made for the sabbath, as if his keeping it could be of service to God, nor was he commanded to keep it outward observances to his real hurt. Every observance respecting it, is to be interpreted by the rule of mercy.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 24. - That which is not lawful. The supposed unlawfulness was not the plucking of the ears of corn with the hand, which was expressly permitted by the Law (Deuteronomy 23:25), but the plucking and eating on the sabbath day.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the Pharisees said unto him,.... To Christ, the same they said to his disciples, Luke 6:2.

Behold, why do they on the sabbath day, that which is not lawful? see how they pluck the ears of corn and rub them, and eat things, which by the law, especially by the traditions of the elders, were not lawful to be done on the sabbath day; See Gill on Matthew 12:2.

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The Lord of the Sabbath
23And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. 24And the Pharisees said to him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? 25And he said to them, Have you never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungered, he, and they that were with him? …

Matthew 12:2 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, "Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath."
Mark 2:25 He answered, "Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?