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Matthew 12:2
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When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”
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Matthew 12:2 in Other Translations
KJV
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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.
ESV
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But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, "Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."
NLT
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But some Pharisees saw them do it and protested, “Look, your disciples are breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath.”
MSG
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Some Pharisees reported them to Jesus: "Your disciples are breaking the Sabbath rules!"
CSB
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But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, "Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!"
Matthew 12:2 In-Context
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At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them.
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When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”
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He answered, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
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He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests.
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Or haven’t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are innocent?
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ver 10;
Exodus 20:10
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Exodus 23:12
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Deuteronomy 5:14
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Luke 13:14
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Luke 14:3
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John 5:10
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John 7:23
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John 9:16
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