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Plucking Grain on the Sabbath(A)

On the second Sabbath after the first, He went through the grain fields, and His disciples plucked and ate the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands. Some of the Pharisees said to them, “Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?”

Jesus answered them, “Have you not read what David did when he and those who were with him were hungry? He went into the house of God, and took and ate the ritual bread, and also gave it to those who were with him. This was not lawful, but for the priests only to eat.” Then He said to them, “The Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

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Now it came to pass on a [a]sabbath, that he was going through the grainfields; and his disciples plucked the ears, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. But certain of the Pharisees said, Why do ye that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath day? And Jesus answering them said, [b]Have ye not read even this, what David did, when he was hungry, he, and they that were with him; how he entered into the house of God, and took and ate the showbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat save for the priests alone? And he said unto them, The Son of man is lord of the sabbath.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 6:1 Many ancient authorities insert second-first.
  2. Luke 6:3 1 Sam. 21:6.