Matthew 11:28-12:8

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²⁸ “Come to me,^(A) all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.^{(B) 29} Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,^(C) for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.^{(D) 30} For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”^(E)

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath^(F)(G)

12 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain^(H) and eat them. ² When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”^(I)

³ He answered, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?^{(J) 4} He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests.^{(K) 5} Or haven’t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath^(L) and yet are innocent? ⁶ I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.^{(M) 7} If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’^[a](N) you would not have condemned the innocent. ⁸ For the Son of Man^(O) is Lord of the Sabbath.”