Matthew 12:1-3 In that particular situation (or: On that occasion; or: Within that season = the ripening of the grain, just prior to harvest) Jesus went His way through the fields of sown grain, on one of the sabbaths. Now His disciples were hungry, and they began to repeatedly pluck (or: pick; strip) heads of grain and to continue eating them.

JMNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ In that particular situation (or: On that occasion; or: Within that season [= the ripening of the grain, just prior to harvest]) Jesus went His way through the fields of sown grain, on [one of] the sabbaths. Now His disciples were hungry, and they began to repeatedly pluck (or: pick; strip) heads of grain and to continue eating [them]. ² So, seeing [this happening], the Pharisees said to Him, "Look! Your disciples continue doing what is not allowed by [our] Law or custom to be doing during a sabbath!" ³ But He said to them, "Do (or: Did) you folks not read what David – as well as those with him – did when he got hungry: