Mark 2:23-25

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Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath^(A)

²³ One Sabbath day, as Jesus was walking through some fields of grain, his ·followers [disciples] began to [make a path and] pick some grain to eat [Deut. 23:25]. ²⁴ The Pharisees said to Jesus, “Why are your followers doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath day?” [^CGleaning was viewed as work, and therefore forbidden on the Sabbath; Ex. 34:21.]

²⁵ Jesus answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and ·those with him [his companions] were hungry and needed food [1 Sam. 21:1–6]?