Matthew 12:1-2
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Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath(A)
12 At that time (B)Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. And His disciples were hungry, and began to (C)pluck heads of grain and to eat. 2 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!”
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Mark 2:25-26
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25 But He said to them, “Have you never read (A)what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and those with him: 26 how he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the showbread, (B)which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and also gave some to those who were with him?”
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Matthew 12:5-7
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5 Or have you not read in the (A)law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple [a]profane the Sabbath, and are blameless? 6 Yet I say to you that in this place there is (B)One greater than the temple. 7 But if you had known what this means, (C)‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.
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- Matthew 12:5 desecrate
Mark 2:27-28
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27 And He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the (A)Sabbath. 28 Therefore (B)the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath.”
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