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9 Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the sabbath, to save life or to destroy it?"
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Luke 6:9 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 6:9

Then said Jesus unto them
The Scribes and Pharisees, who were watching him, and whose thoughts, and the reasonings of their minds, purposes, and intentions, he full well knew:

I will ask you one thing;
or question, as they had asked him one before; ( Matthew 12:10 )

is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to
save life, or to destroy it?
(See Gill on Mark 3:4) to which may be added, that to save life on the sabbath day was agreeable to their own canons: there were many things which they allowed might be done on the sabbath day, when life was in danger, which otherwise were not lawful; (See Gill on Matthew 12:8).

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Luke 6:9 In-Context

7 The scribes and the Pharisees watched him to see whether he would cure on the sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against him.
8 Even though he knew what they were thinking, he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Come and stand here." He got up and stood there.
9 Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the sabbath, to save life or to destroy it?"
10 After looking around at all of them, he said to him, "Stretch out your hand." He did so, and his hand was restored.
11 But they were filled with fury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.