Luke 6:2 (LSB)

Passage

But some of the Pharisees said, “Why do you do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

Nearby Context

Luke 6:1 Now it happened that on a Sabbath He was passing through some grainfields, and His disciples were picking and eating the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands.

Luke 6:2 But some of the Pharisees said, “Why do you do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

Luke 6:3 And Jesus answered and said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him,

Luke 6:4 how he entered the house of God, and took and ate the consecrated bread which is not lawful for any to eat except the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "some", "pharisees", "said", "lawful", and "sabbath". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "some" and "pharisees", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Now it happened that on a Sabbath..." into verse 3's "And Jesus answered and said to them...", so "some" and "pharisees" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "some" and "pharisees" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.