Jesus Is Lord Over the Sabbath Day^(A)

12 About that same time, Jesus was walking through the fields of grain on a Sabbath day. His followers were with him, and they were hungry. So they began to pick the grain and eat it. ² The Pharisees saw this. They said to Jesus, “Look! Your followers are doing something that is against the law to do on the Sabbath day.”

³ Jesus said to them, “You have read what David did when he and those with him were hungry. ⁴ David went into God’s house. He and those with him ate the bread that was offered to God. It was against the law for David or those with him to eat that bread. Only the priests were allowed to eat it. ⁵ And you have read in the Law of Moses that on every Sabbath day the priests at the Temple break the law about the Sabbath day. But they are not wrong for doing that. ⁶ I tell you that there is something here that is greater than the Temple. ⁷ The Scriptures say, ‘I don’t want animal sacrifices; I want you to show kindness to people.’^[a] You don’t really know what that means. If you understood it, you would not judge those who have done nothing wrong.

⁸ “The Son of Man is Lord over the Sabbath day.”

Jesus Is Lord Over the Sabbath Day^(A)

6 One time on a Sabbath day, Jesus was walking through some grain fields. His followers picked the grain, rubbed it in their hands, and ate it. ² Some Pharisees said, “Why are you doing that? It is against the Law of Moses to do that on the Sabbath day.”

³ Jesus answered, “You have read about what David did when he and the people with him were hungry. ⁴ David went into God’s house. He took the bread that was offered to God and ate it. And he gave some of the bread to the people with him. This was against the Law of Moses, which says that only the priests can eat that bread.” ⁵ Then Jesus said to the Pharisees, “The Son of Man is Lord over the Sabbath day.”