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NASB					Matt 12:2 But when the Pharisees⁵³³⁰ saw³⁷⁰⁸ this, they said³⁰⁰⁴ to Him, "Look²⁴⁰⁰, Your disciples³¹⁰¹ do⁴¹⁶⁰ what³⁷³⁹ ^Ais not lawful¹⁸³² to do⁴¹⁶⁰ on a Sabbath⁴⁵²¹."
AMPLIFIED 2015					Matt 12:2 But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, "Look! Your disciples are doing what ¹is unlawful on the Sabbath." [Ex 20:10; 23:12; Deut 5:14]

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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Picking grain to eat was not forbidden on the Sabbath. It was ridiculous for the Pharisees to try to equate gleaning for food with reaping a harvest (which was forbidden on the Sabbath).

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Matt 12:10 And a man was there whose hand was withered. And they questioned Jesus, asking, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"--so that they might accuse Him.

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1832

exesti; from 1537 and 1510; it is permitted, lawful:--lawful(26), may(3), permissible(1), permitted(2).

2400

idou; from 1491a, used as a demonstrative particle; look, behold:--assure(1), behold(145), here(3), lo(1), long(1), look(8), see(1), then(1), there(1), when(1), why(1), yet(1).

3004

legô; a prim. vb.; to say:--addressing(1), agree*(1), ask(1), asked(3), asking(4), bring charges(1), call(8), called(34), calling(1), calls(3), claimed(1), claiming(2), command(3), designated(1), follows(1), give(1), gives(1), greeted*(1), made(1), mean(2), means(3), meant(1), mention(1), named(3), ordered(2), quote(1), referred(1), remarking(1), said(1086), say(364), saying(440), says(102), shouting(1), so-called(3), speak(22), speaking(17), speaks(6), spoke(18), spoken(26), stated(1), stating(2), talking(5), tell(71), telling(18), thing spoken(1), things spoken(1), thought(1), told(35), using(1).

3101

mathêtês; from 3129; a disciple:--disciple(26), disciples(233), disciples'(1), pupil(1).

3708

horaô; a prim. vb.; to see, perceive, attend to:--appear(2), appeared(21), appearing(1), behold(3), beware(1), certainly seen(1), do(2), look(5), look after(1), looked(12), perceive(3), recognizing(1), saw(180), see(129), seeing(20), seen(63), seen...see(1), sees(2), suffer(1), undergo(3), underwent(1), watch(2), witnessed(1).

3739

hos,
hê,
ho; a prim. pron.; usually rel. who, which, that, also demonstrative this, that:--another*(8), any(1), because*(7), deeds*(1), just(1), just*(1), once*(1), one(11), one*(6), other(2), others*(2), same(2), since*(3), so(1), some(7), some*(8), someone(1), such(1), there(1), these(6), these things(3), thing(1), things(4), third(1), this(22), this is what(1), those whom(1), until*(1), what(101), what*(2), whatever(5), whatever*(28), when(9), when*(3), where(1), where*(2), which(404), while*(3), who(158), whoever(4), whoever*(51), whom(218), whomever*(6), whose(38), why*(3).

4160

poieô; a prim. word; to make, do:--accomplished(1), act(4), acted(3), acting(1), acts(2), appointed(3), away*(1), bear(5), bearing(1), bears(3), become(1), bore(1), bring(1), bring...to pass(1), bring about(2), bringing(1), brings forth(1), call(1), carried(1), carries(1), carry(1), cause(3), causes(2), causing(1), commit(2), commits(2), committed(4), composed(1), consider(1), created things(1), dealt(1), did(33), did...do(2), do(170), does(16), does...do(1), doing(38), done(43), establishing(1), execute(4), exercises(1), expose*(1), formed(1), formed a conspiracy(1), forms(1), gave(4), give(4), gives(1), giving(1), have(2), have kept(1), having(1), held(1), indulging(1), keep(3), keeps(1), kept(1), made(38), make(47), makes(7), making(9), observe(2), offer(1), offering(1), perform(4), performed(8), performing(7), performs(1), practice(5), practices(11), practicing(1), present(1), proceeding(1), produce(3), produced(1), produces(2), producing(1), provide(1), put(1), satisfy*(1), setting(1), show(2), showed(1), shown(1), spend(1), spent(4), took(1), treat(6), treated(1), weaker(1), worked(1), working(1).

4521

sabbaton; of Heb. or. [7676]; the Sabbath, i.e. the seventh day (of the week):--Sabbath(58), Sabbaths(1), week(9).

5330

Pharisaios; of Heb. or., cf. [6567a]; a Pharisee, member of a Jewish religious sect:--Pharisaic(1), Pharisee(10), Pharisee's(2), Pharisees(86).

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