Mark 2:23-28

Lord of the Sabbath

23 ^aAnd it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while ^bpicking the heads of grain. 24 And the Pharisees were saying to Him, “Look, ^awhy are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?” 25 And He *said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions became hungry; 26 how he entered the house of God around the time of ^aAbiathar the high priest, and ate the ¹consecrated bread, which ^bis not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?” 27 And Jesus was saying to them, “^aThe Sabbath ¹was made ²for man, and ^bnot man ²for the Sabbath. 28 Consequently the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”