Matthew 12:1-8 In that season, went Jesus, on, the sabbath, through the cornfields,––and, his disciples, hungered, and began to pluck ears of corn, and to eat.

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ In that season, went Jesus, on, the sabbath, through the cornfields,––and, his disciples, hungered, and began to pluck ears of corn, and to eat. ² But, the Pharisees, observing it, said unto him, Lo! thy disciples, are doing what is not allowed to do, on sabbath. ³ And he said unto them, have ye never read what, David, did, when he hungered, and they who were with him? how ⁴ he entered into the house of God and, the presence–bread, did eat, which it was not, allowable, for him to eat, nor for them who were with him,––save for the priests, alone? ⁵ Or have ye not read, in the law, that, on the sabbaths, the priests, in the temple, the sabbath, profane, and are, blameless? ⁶ But I say unto you,––Something greater than the Temple, is here! ⁷ If, however, ye had known what this meaneth––Mercy, I desire, and not, sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the blameless; ⁸ For, the Son of Man, is, Lord of the Sabbath.