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A Discussion about the Sabbath

One Sabbath day as Jesus was walking through some grainfields, his disciples broke off heads of grain, rubbed off the husks in their hands, and ate the grain. But some Pharisees said, “Why are you breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath?”

Jesus replied, “Haven’t you read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry? He went into the house of God and broke the law by eating the sacred loaves of bread that only the priests can eat. He also gave some to his companions.” And Jesus added, “The Son of Man[a] is Lord, even over the Sabbath.”

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Footnotes

  1. 6:5 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.

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