Lord of the Sabbath

On a Sabbath, he passed through the grainfields.(A) His disciples were picking heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them. But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?” (B)

Jesus answered them, “Haven’t you read what David and those who were with him did when he was hungry— how he entered the house of God and took and ate the bread of the Presence, which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat?(C) He even gave some to those who were with him.”(D) Then he told them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

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Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath(A)

One time Jesus[a] was walking through some grain fields on a Sabbath.[b] His disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them. Some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what isn’t lawful on Sabbath days?”[c]

Jesus answered them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions became hungry? How was it that he went into the house of God, took the Bread of the Presence and ate it, which was not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat, and then gave some of it to his companions?”

Then he told them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 6:1 Lit. he
  2. Luke 6:1 Other mss. read on the second Sabbath after the first
  3. Luke 6:2 Lit. on the Sabbaths