Mark 2:23-28
Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath
23 aOne Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples bbegan to pluck heads of grain. 24 And the Pharisees were saying to him, “Look, awhy are they doing bwhat is not lawful on the Sabbath?” 25 And he said to them, a“Have you never read bwhat David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him: 26 how he entered the house of God, in the time of aAbiathar the high priest, and ate bthe bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?” 27 And he said to them, a“The Sabbath was made for man, bnot man for the Sabbath. 28 So athe Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”
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