And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.

And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath; that they might find how to accuse him.

And the scribes and the Pharisees were watching if he would heal on the sabbath, that they might find something of which to accuse him.

and the scribes and the Pharisees were watching him, if on the sabbath he will heal, that they might find an accusation against him.

The Scribes and the Pharisees were on the watch to see whether He would cure him on the Sabbath that they might be able to bring an accusation against Him.

And the scribes and Pharisees were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath, so that they might be able to say something against him.

And the scribes and Pharisees observed whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might thereby find an accusation against him.

The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely, to see if he would work cures on the Sabbath, so that they might find a charge to bring against him.

Watched him - Παρετηρουν αυτον, They maliciously watched him. This is the import of the word, Luke 14:1; Luke 20:20, and in the parallel place, Mark 3:2. See Raphelius on the last-quoted text, who has proved, by several quotations, that this is the proper meaning of the term.
An accusation against him - Instead of κατηγοριαν αυτου, his accusation, several eminent MSS. and versions add κατα, against, which I find our translators have adopted.

And the Scribes and Pharisees watched him,.... See Gill on Mark 3:2.
whether he would heal on the sabbath day: there being such an object before him:
that they might find an accusation against him; as they had before against his disciples.

WITHERED HAND HEALED. (Luke 6:6-11)
watched whether, &c.--In Matthew (Matthew 12:9) this is put as an ensnaring question of theirs to our Lord, who accordingly speaks to the state of their hearts (Luke 6:9), just as if they had spoken it out.