Jul. 13, 2025

Mat 12:1  At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. 

Mat 12:2  When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, "Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath." 

Mat 12:3  He answered, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? 

Mat 12:4  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. 

Mat 12:5  Or haven't you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are innocent? 

Mat 12:6  I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. 

Mat 12:7  If you had known what these words mean, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent. 

Mat 12:8  For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."