Another time, as he was going through the corn-fields on the sabbath-day, his disciples as they pass'd along began to pluck the ears of corn.

upon which the Pharisees said to him, pray observe how they trespass on the sabbath-day.

the Pharisees watched Jesus, to see if he would heal him on the sabbath-day, that so they might accuse him.

and he ask'd them, is it allowed to do good, or to do mischief on the sabbath-days? to save life, or to kill? but they were very silent.

Now, as soon as the evening was come; because it was then the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

adding this observation, "the sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath."