Matthew 12:1-2

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Sabbath Questions

12 At that particular time Jesus went through the grainfields on the ^[a]Sabbath, and His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.^(A) ²But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what ^[b]is unlawful on the Sabbath.”^(B)

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Footnotes

Matthew 12:1 The seventh day of the week, the day of worship.
Matthew 12:2 Picking grain to eat was not forbidden on the Sabbath. It was ridiculous for the Pharisees to try to equate gleaning for food with reaping a harvest (which was forbidden on the Sabbath).