²¹ No person sews a piece of new cloth on an old coat. If he does, the new cloth will tear the old coat. Then the hole is bigger than it was before.

²² No person puts new wine into old wine skins. If he does, the new wine will break the skins. Then the wine will be lost and the skins will be spoiled. New wine is put into new skins.'

²³ Jesus was walking through the grainfields on the Sabbath day. His disciples began to pick some of the seed (to eat) as they went along.

²⁴ The Pharisees said to Jesus, `Why do your disciples do what is not right on the Sabbath day?'

²⁵ Jesus answered them, `Have you not read what David did? He and his men who were with him were hungry.

²⁶ He went into God's house when Abiathar was the high priest. Some bread was there for God. It was not right for them to eat it. Only the priests have the right to eat it. But David took the bread and ate it. He also gave some of it to the people who were with him.'

²⁷ Jesus went on to say, `The Sabbath was made for the good of man. Man was not made for the Sabbath.

²⁸ So the Son of Man rules over the Sabbath day.'