01.060. Jesus Questioned About Picking Grain On The Sabbath, And He Answers

Jesus Questioned About Picking Grain On The Sabbath, And He Answers (Matthew 12:1-8) (Luke 6:1-5) (Mark 2:23-28)

1At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples became hungry and began to pick the headsof grainand eat.2But when the Pharisees sawthis,they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples do what is not lawful to do on a Sabbath.”3But He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he became hungry, he and his companions,4how he entered the house of God, and they ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for him to eat nor for those with him, but for the priests alone?5“Or have you not read in the Law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and are innocent?6“But I say to you that something greater than the temple is here.7“But if you had known what this means, ‘IDESIRECOMPASSION,AND NOT A SACRIFICE,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.8“For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

1Now it happened that He was passing throughsomegrain fields on a Sabbath; and His disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eatingthe grain.2But some of the Pharisees said, “Why do you do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”3And Jesus answering them said, “Have you not even read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him,4how he entered the house of God, and took and ate the consecrated bread which is not lawful for any to eat except the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?”5And He was saying to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

23And it happened that He was passing through the grain fields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while picking the headsof grain.24The Pharisees were saying to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”25And He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions became hungry;26how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiatharthehigh priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful foranyoneto eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?”27Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.28“So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”