Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath(A)

One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands and eat the kernels.(B) Some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”(C)

Jesus answered them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?(D) He entered the house of God, and taking the consecrated bread, he ate what is lawful only for priests to eat.(E) And he also gave some to his companions.” Then Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man(F) 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