Luke 6:1-5

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

1 ¹On a Sabbath,^[a] while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples ²plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands.

2 But some of the Pharisees said, ³"Why are you doing ⁴what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?"

3 And Jesus answered them, ⁵"Have you not read ⁶what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him:

4 how he entered the house of God and took and ate ⁷the bread of the Presence, ⁸which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those with him?"

5 And he said to them, ⁹"The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 1-5, see Matthew 12:1-8; Mark 2:23-28
• 2. Deuteronomy 23:25
• 3. [Matthew 9:11]
• 4. [Exodus 20:9-11]
• 5. See Matthew 21:16
• 6. 1 Samuel 21:1-6
• 7. Exodus 25:30; Leviticus 24:5-9
• 8. Exodus 25:30; Leviticus 24:5-9
• 9. [Luke 5:24]

Footnotes

• [a]. Some manuscripts On the second first Sabbath (that is, on the second Sabbath after the first)