Mat 12:1-8, Mar 2:23-28 | 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.”

Mark 2:23-28

23 Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath Matthew 12:1-8; Luke 6:1-5Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. He} happened to be going through the grainfields on the Sabbath. As they made their way, his disciples began picking the heads of grain.Deut 23:25; Matt 12:1; Luke 6:1 24 The Pharisees said to him, “Look! Why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

25 He said to them, “Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?1Sam 21:6 26 How was it that he went into the House of God when Abiathar was high priest 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?”Exod 29:32-33; Lev 24:9 27 Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath. 28 Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”Matt 12:8