Luke 6:7 (LSB)

Passage

And the scribes and the Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He heals on the Sabbath, so that they might find reason to accuse Him.

Nearby Context

Luke 6:5 And He was saying to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

Luke 6:6 Now it happened that on another Sabbath He entered the synagogue and was teaching; and there was a man there whose right hand was withered.

Luke 6:7 And the scribes and the Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He heals on the Sabbath, so that they might find reason to accuse Him.

Luke 6:8 But He knew what they were thinking, and He said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and come forward!” And he stood up and came forward.

Luke 6:9 And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to destroy it?”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "scribes", "pharisees", "watching", "closely", "heals", "sabbath", "might", and "find". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "scribes" and "pharisees", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "Now it happened that on another Sabbath..." into verse 8's "But He knew what they were thinking...", so "scribes" 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 "scribes" and "pharisees" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.