The Darby Translation DBY
New International Version NIV
1 And it came to pass on [the] second-first sabbath, that he went through cornfields, and his disciples were plucking the ears and eating [them], rubbing [them] in their hands.
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One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands and eat the kernels.
2 But some of the Pharisees said to them, Why do ye what is not lawful to do on the sabbath?
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Some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
3 And Jesus answering said to them, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did when he hungered, he and those who were with him,
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Jesus answered them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
4 how he entered into the house of God and took the shewbread and ate, and gave to those also who were with him, which it is not lawful that [any] eat, unless the priests alone?
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He entered the house of God, and taking the consecrated bread, he ate what is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.”
5 And he said to them, The Son of man is Lord of the sabbath also.
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Then Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
6 And it came to pass on another sabbath also that he entered into the synagogue and taught; and there was a man there, and his right hand was withered.
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On another Sabbath he went into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was shriveled.
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