Matthew 12:1 Cross References - Murdock

¹ At that time Jesus, on the sabbath, walked in the tillage grounds: and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the ears and to eat.

²³ And it was so, that as Jesus on a sabbath walked in the tillage grounds, his disciples walked and plucked the ears. ²⁴ And the Pharisees said to him: See, how on the sabbath, they do that which is not lawful? ²⁵ Jesus said to them: Have ye never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and his attendants? ²⁶ How he entered the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the Lord's table, which it was not lawful for any but priests to eat, and gave it also to those with him? ²⁷ And he said to them: The sabbath was made on man's account, and not man for the sake of the sabbath. ²⁸ Therefore also the Son of man is lord of the sabbath.

¹ And on a sabbath it occurred, as Jesus walked among the tilled grounds, that his disciples plucked ears, and rubbed them in their hands and ate. ² And some of the Pharisees said to them: Why do ye that, which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath? ³ Jesus replied, and said to them: Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, he and those with him? ⁴ How he entered into the house of God, and took and ate the bread of the Lord's table, and gave it to those that were with him; which it was not lawful, except for the priests only, to eat? ⁵ And he said to them: The Son of man is lord of the sabbath.