2But the Pharisees, seeing it, said to him, Behold, thy disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on sabbath.


In Context

1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath through the cornfields; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the ears and to eat.

2 But the Pharisees, seeing it, said to him, Behold, thy disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on sabbath.

3 But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him?

4 How he entered into the house of God, and ate the shewbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but for the priests only?

Matthew 12:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:2But when the Pharisees saw [it,] they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:2When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, "Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:2But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do upon the sabbath.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:2But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do upon the sabbath.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:2But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, Behold, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:2But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, |Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:2and the Pharisees having seen, said to him, 'Lo, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on a sabbath.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:2But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, Behold, your disciples do that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath day.