Matthew 12:2
Good News Translation
When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Jesus, "Look, it is against our Law for your disciples to do this on the Sabbath!"

New Revised Standard Version
When the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath.”

Contemporary English Version
Some Pharisees noticed this and said to Jesus, "Why are your disciples picking grain on the Sabbath? They are not supposed to do this!"

New American Bible
When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “See, your disciples are doing what is unlawful to do on the sabbath.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Pharisees seeing them, said to him: Behold thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days.

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

Behold.

Matthew 12:10 And behold there was a man who had a withered hand, and they asked him, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.

Exodus 20:9-11 Six days shalt thou labour, and shalt do all thy works. . . .

Exodus 23:12 Six days thou shalt work: the seventh day thou shalt cease, that thy ox and thy ass may rest: and the son of thy handmaid and the stranger may be refreshed.

Exodus 31:15-17 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 15:32-36 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:

Mark 3:2-5 And they watched him whether he would heal on the sabbath days, that they might accuse him. . . .

Luke 6:6-11 And it came to pass also, on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught. And there was a man whose right hand was withered. . . .

Luke 13:10-17 And he was teaching in their synagogue on their sabbath. . . .

Luke 23:56 And returning, they prepared spices and ointments: and on the sabbath day they rested, according to the commandment.

John 5:9-11,16,17 And immediately the man was made whole: and he took up his bed and walked. And it was the sabbath that day. . . .

John 7:21-24 Jesus answered and said to them: One work I have done: and you all wonder. . . .

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

Context
The Lord of the Sabbath
1At that time Jesus went through the corn on the sabbath: and his disciples being hungry, began to pluck the ears, and to eat. 2And the Pharisees seeing them, said to him: Behold thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days. 3But he said to them: Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him:…
Cross References
Matthew 12:3
But he said to them: Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him:

Matthew 12:10
And behold there was a man who had a withered hand, and they asked him, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.

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

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

Luke 13:14
And the ruler of the synagogue being angry that Jesus had healed on the sabbath answering, said to the multitude: Six days there are wherein you ought to work. In them therefore come and be healed: and not on the sabbath day.

Luke 14:3
And Jesus answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

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.

John 7:23
If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath day, that the law of Moses may not be broken: are you angry at me, because I have healed the whole man on the sabbath day?

John 9:16
Some therefore of the Pharisees said: This man is not of God, who keepeth not the sabbath. But others said: How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

Matthew 12:1
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