Mark 2:23-28 ▼

23 And it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while picking the heads [of grain].

24 The Pharisees were saying to Him, |Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?|

25 And He said to them, |Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions became hungry;

26 how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar [the] high priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful for [anyone] to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?|

27 Jesus said to them, |The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

28 |So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.|