Luke 6:9
Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?
KJV
εἶπεν δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς πρὸς αὐτούς· ἐπερωτῶ ὑμᾶς, εἰ ἔξεστιν τῷ σαββάτῳ ἀγαθοποιῆσαι ἢ κακοποιῆσαι, ψυχὴν σῶσαι ἢ ἀπολέσαι.
Greek NT
Ait autem ad illos Jesus : Interrogo vos si licet sabbatis benefacere, an male : animam salvam facere, an perdere ?
Vulgate
And Jesus said unto them, I ask you, Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good, or to do harm? to save a life, or to destroy it?
ASV
Then Jesus said to them: I ask you, if it be lawful on the sabbath days to do good or to do evil? To save life or to destroy?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
5 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- δὲ — SBLGNT
- δὲ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- οὖν — Robinson-Pierpont
- Ἐπερωτῶ — SBLGNT
- Ἐπερωτῶ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Ἐπερωτήσω — Robinson-Pierpont
- εἰ — SBLGNT
- εἰ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- τί — Robinson-Pierpont
- τῷ σαββάτῳ — SBLGNT
- τῷ σαββάτῳ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- τοῖς σάββασιν — Robinson-Pierpont
- ἀπολέσαι — SBLGNT
- ἀπολέσαι — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἀποκτεῖναι — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Pet 3:11 — Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
- John 7:19 — Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
- Luke 14:3 — And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
- Luke 14:3 — And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
- Mark 2:27 — And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
- Mark 3:4 — And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
- Mark 3:4 — And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
- Matt 12:12 — How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
- Matt 12:12 — How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
- Matt 21:24 — And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.