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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The Question about the Sabbath

One Sabbath[a] while Jesus[b] was going through some grain fields, his disciples plucked some heads of grain, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them.(A) But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful[c] on the Sabbath?”(B) Jesus answered, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?(C) How he entered the house of God and took and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and gave some to his companions?”(D) Then he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

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Footnotes

  1. 6.1 Other ancient authorities read On the second first Sabbath
  2. 6.1 Gk he
  3. 6.2 Other ancient authorities add to do