Matthew 11:28-12:8

English Standard Version

^28 (A)Come to ^(B)me, all who labor and are ^(C)heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take my yoke upon you, and ^(D)learn from me, for I am ^(E)gentle and lowly in heart, and ^(F)you will find rest for your souls. ³⁰ For ^(G)my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

12 At that time ^(H)Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and ^(I)they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. ² But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, ^(J)“Look, your disciples are doing ^(K)what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.” ³ He said to them, ^(L)“Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him: ⁴ how he entered the house of God and ate ^(M)the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests? ⁵ Or have you not read ^(N)in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless? ⁶ I tell you, ^(O)something greater than the temple is here. ⁷ And if you had known ^(P)what this means, ^(Q)‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. ⁸ For ^(R)the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”