Thematic Bible: Defines the law of the sabbath on the occasion of his disciples plucking the ears of grain (at capernaum)


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AT that time Jesus went through the grain fields on the sabbath; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pick the heads and eat. And the Pharisees seeing it, said to him, Behold, your disciples do what it is not lawful to do on the sabbath. But he said to them, Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him? read more.
how he entered into the house of God and eat the show bread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but only for the priests? Or have you not read in the law, that the priests profane the sabbath in the temple, and are blameless? But I tell you that here is an object greater than the temple. But if you had known what, I wish for mercy and not a sacrifice, means, you would not have condemned the innocent; for the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath.

And he was passing on the sabbath through the grain fields, and his disciples began to make their way, picking heads of grain. And the Pharisees said to him, See what they do on the sabbath, which it is not lawful to do. And he said to them, Have you never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry? both he and those with him? read more.
How he entered into the house of God under Abiathar the chief priest, and eat the show bread, which it was not lawful to eat, except for the priests, and gave also to them that were with him? And he said to them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath; so that the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.

And on the second-first sabbath he went through the grain fields, and his disciples picked the heads and eat, rubbing them in their hands. And some of the Pharisees said, Why do you do what is not lawful on the sabbath? And Jesus answered and said to them, Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those with him? read more.
He entered into the house of God, and took the show bread, and eat, and gave to those with him, which it was not lawful for any to eat, except the priests alone. And he said to them, The Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.