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Now it happened that on a Sabbath he went through the grain fields, and his disciples were picking and eating the heads of grain, rubbing [them]a in [their]b hands.
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But some of the Pharisees said, "Why are you doing what is not permitted on the Sabbath?
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And Jesus answered [and]c said to them, "Have you not read this, what David did when he and those [who were] with him were hungry--
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how he entered into the house of God and took the bread of the presentation, which it is not permitted to eat (except the priests alone), [and]d ate [it]e and gave [it]f to those with him?"
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And he said to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
Scripture quotations marked (LEB) are from the Lexham English Bible. Copyright 2012 Logos Bible Software. Lexham is a registered trademark of Logos Bible Software. (Lexham English Bible)
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