Mark 2:23-28

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

23 ¹One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples ²began to pluck heads of grain.

24 And the Pharisees were saying to him, "Look, ³why are they doing ⁴what is not lawful on the Sabbath?"

25 And he said to them, ⁵"Have you never read ⁶what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him:

26 how he entered the house of God, in the time of ⁷Abiathar the high priest, and ate ⁸the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?"

27 And he said to them, ⁹"The Sabbath was made for man, ¹⁰not man for the Sabbath.

28 So ¹¹the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath."