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-# Connecting Statement:
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-The Pharisees ask a question about what the disciples were doing (verse 23).
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-# doing something that is not lawful on the Sabbath day
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-Plucking grain in others' fields and eating it (verse 23) was not considered stealing. The question was whether it was lawful to do this on the Sabbath.
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 # Look, why are they doing something that is not lawful on the Sabbath day?
 
-The Pharisees ask Jesus a question to condemn him. This can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "Look! They are breaking the Jewish law concerning the Sabbath." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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-# Look
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-"Look at this" or "Listen." This is a word used to get the attention of someone to show them something. If there is a word in your language that is used to draw a person's attention to something, you could use that here.
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+"Look! They are breaking the Jewish law concerning the Sabbath." 
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