Luke 6:7 (YLT)

Passage

and the scribes and the Pharisees were watching him, if on the sabbath he will heal, that they might find an accusation against him.

Nearby Context

Luke 6:5 and he said to them, --`The Son of Man is lord also of the sabbath.'

Luke 6:6 And it came to pass also, on another sabbath, that he goeth into the synagogue, and teacheth, and there was there a man, and his right hand was withered,

Luke 6:7 and the scribes and the Pharisees were watching him, if on the sabbath he will heal, that they might find an accusation against him.

Luke 6:8 And he himself had known their reasonings, and said to the man having the withered hand, `Rise, and stand in the midst;' and he having risen, stood.

Luke 6:9 Then said Jesus unto them, `I will question you something: Is it lawful on the sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? life to save or to kill?'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "scribes", "pharisees", "watching", "sabbath", "heal", "might", "find", and "accusation". 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 "And it came to pass also on..." into verse 8's "And he himself had known their reasonings...", 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.