Study Desk

^(a)Now it happened that He was passing through some grainfields on a Sabbath; and His disciples ^(b)were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating the grain.

But some of the Pharisees said, "Why do you do what ^(c)is not lawful on the Sabbath?"

And Jesus answering them said, "Have you not even read ^(d)what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him,

how he entered the house of God, and took and ate the ^[a]consecrated bread which ^(e)is not lawful for any to eat except the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?"

And He was saying to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."