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Now on the second-first Sabbath while He was passing through the wheatfields, His disciples were plucking the ears and rubbing them with their hands to eat the grain.
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And some of the Pharisees asked, "Why are you doing what the Law forbids on the Sabbath?"
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"Have you never read so much as this," answered Jesus--"what David did when he and his followers were hungry;
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how he entered the house of God and took and ate the Presented Loaves and gave some to his followers--loaves which none but the Priests are allowed to eat?"
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"The Son of Man," He added, "is Lord of the Sabbath also."
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On another Sabbath He had gone to the synagogue and was teaching there; and in the congregation was a man whose right arm was withered.
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The Scribes and the Pharisees were on the watch to see whether He would cure him on the Sabbath that they might be able to bring an accusation against Him.
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He knew their thoughts, and said to the man with the withered arm, "Rise, and stand there in the middle." And he rose and stood there.
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Then Jesus said to them, "I put it to you all whether we are allowed to do good on the Sabbath, or to do evil; to save a life, or to destroy it."