Luke 6:9 (YLT)

Passage

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?'

Nearby Context

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?'

Luke 6:10 And having looked round on them all, he said to the man, `Stretch forth thy hand;' and he did so, and his hand was restored whole as the other;

Luke 6:11 and they were filled with madness, and were speaking with one another what they might do to Jesus.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said", "jesus", "question", "something", "lawful", "sabbaths", "good", and "evil". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "said" and "jesus", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "And he himself had known their reasonings..." into verse 10's "And having looked round on them all...", so "said" and "jesus" 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 "said" and "jesus" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.