Matthew 12:1-14 AT that time Jesus went on the sabbath through the grain-fields; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck ears of grain, and to eat.

ABU⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ AT that time Jesus went on the sabbath through the grain-fields; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck ears of grain, and to eat. ² And the Pharisees seeing it said to him: Behold, thy disciples are doing that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath. ³ And he said to them: Have ye not read what David did, when he hungered, himself and those with him; ⁴ how he entered into the house of God, and ate the show-bread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but for the priests alone? ⁵ Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? ⁶ But I say to you, that a greater than the temple is here. ⁷ But if ye had known what this means, I desire mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the blameless. ⁸ For the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath. ⁹ And departing from thence, he went into their synagogue. ¹⁰ And behold, there was a man, having his hand withered. And they asked him, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath? that they might accuse him. ¹¹ And he said to them: What man will there be of you, that shall have one sheep, and if this fall into a pit on the sabbath, will not lay hold of it, and raise it up? ¹² How much better then is a man than a sheep! So that it is lawful to do well on the sabbath. ¹³ Then he says to the man: Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, as the other. ¹⁴ And the Pharisees went out, and took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.