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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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  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

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