Matthew 12:1-14 At that time, as Jesus was walking through the corn on Sabbath, his disciples being hungry, began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat them.

Living_Oracles⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ At that time, as Jesus was walking through the corn on Sabbath, his disciples being hungry, began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat them. ² The Pharisees observing this, said to him, Lo! your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath. ³ He answered, Have you not read what David did, and his attendants, when they were hungry; ⁴ how he entered the tabernacle of God, and eat the loaves of the presence, which was not lawful for him, or his attendants, to eat but solely for the priests? ⁵ Or have you not learnt from the law, that the priests in the temple violate the rest to be observed on Sabbaths, and are blameless? ⁶ Now I affirm, that something greater than the temple is here. ⁷ But had you know what this means, "I desire humanity and not sacrifice," you would not have condemned the guiltless; ⁸ for the Son of Man is master of the Sabbath. ⁹ Leaving that place, he went into their synagogue, ¹⁰ and found a man there whose hand was blasted. They asked Jesus, with a design to accuse him, Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath? ¹¹ He answered, What man is there amongst you, who having one sheep, if it fall into a pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold on it, and lift it out? ¹² And does not a mean greatly excel a sheep? It is lawful, therefore, to do good on the Sabbath. ¹³ Then he said to the man, Stretch out your hand. And as he stretched it out, it became sound like the other. ¹⁴ But the Pharisees went out, and concerted against Jesus to destroy him.