Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath

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At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.

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When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”

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Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

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He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.

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Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are innocent?

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But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.

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If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

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For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”