Luke 14:3 “So Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful…”

Luke 14:3

So Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

World English Bible

Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

American Standard Version

And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not?

Geneva Bible 1599

Then Iesus answering, spake vnto the Lawyers and Pharises, saying, Is it lawfull to heale on the Sabbath day?

Darby Translation

And Jesus answering spoke unto the doctors of the law and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?

Young's Literal Translation

and Jesus answering spake to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, 'Is it lawful on the sabbath-day to heal?'

Bible in Basic English

And Jesus, answering, said to the scribes and Pharisees, Is it right to make people well on the Sabbath or not?

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Cross references

“the lawyers”

Luke 11:44 Luke 11:45

Luke 11:44 · BSB

Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”

Luke 11:45 · BSB

One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”

“Is”

Luke 6:9 Matthew 12:10 Luke 13:14–16 Mark 3:4 John 7:23

Luke 6:9 · BSB

Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”

Matthew 12:10 · BSB

and a man with a withered hand was there. In order to accuse Jesus, they asked Him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

Luke 13:14–16 · BSB

But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”

Mark 3:4 · BSB

And He asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” But they were silent.

John 7:23 · BSB

If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?

Also

Matthew 22:35 Matthew 12:2

Matthew 22:35 · BSB

One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:

Matthew 12:2 · BSB

When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Right there before Him was a man with dropsy.

4But they remained silent. Then Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him on his way.

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