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AtthattimeJesuswent on the sabbath daythrough the corn;andhisdisciples were an hungred, andbegan to pluck the ears of corn,and to eat.
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But when the Phariseessaw it, they said unto him,Behold, thydisciplesdo that whichisnotlawful to doupon the sabbath day.
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But he said unto them,Have yenotreadwhatDaviddid, whenhe was an hungred, andthey that were with him;
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How he entered into* the house of God,and did eat the shewbread*, whichwasnotlawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him,butonly for the priests?
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Or have yenotreadin the law, how that on the sabbath days the priestsin the templeprofane the sabbath,andareblameless?
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But I say unto you,That in this place is one greater than the temple.
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Butif ye had knownwhat this meaneth, I will havemercy,andnotsacrifice, ye wouldnot have condemned the guiltless.
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For the Son of manisLordeven of the sabbath day.
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And when he was departedthence, he wentintotheirsynagogue:
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And,behold, there was a man which had his handwithered.And they askedhim,saying, Is it lawful* to heal on the sabbath days?that they might accusehim.