Mat 12:1-8, Luk 6:1-5 | ISV | STEP | Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath At that time Jesus walked through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples became hungry and began picking heads of grain to eat.

Matthew 12:1-8

1 Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath Mark 2:23-28; Luke 6:1-5

At that time Jesus walked through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples became hungry and began picking heads of grain to eat.Deut 23:25; Mark 2:23; Luke 6:1 2 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!”

3 But he said to them, “Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?1Sam 21:6 4 How is it that he went into the house of God and ate the Bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for him and his companions to eat but was reserved ^{▼▼Lit. but only} for the priests?Exod 25:30; 29:32-33; Lev 8:31 5 Or haven't you read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath and yet are innocent?Num 28:9; John 7:22 6 But I tell you, something greater than the temple is here!2Chr 6:18; Mal 3:1 7 If you had known what ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice’ ^{▼▼Hos 6:6} means, you would not have condemned the innocent.Hos 6:6; Mic 6:6-8; Matt 9:13 8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

Luke 6:1-5

1 Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath Matthew 12:1-8; Mark 2:23-28

Once, on the second Sabbath after the first, ^{▼▼Other mss. read on a Sabbath} Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. he} was walking through some grainfields. His disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.Matt 12:1; Mark 2:23 2 Some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”Exod 20:10

3 Jesus answered them, “Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions became hungry?1Sam 21:6 4 How was it that he went into the house of God and took and ate the Bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat, and gave some of it to his companions?”Lev 24:9 5 Then he said to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”