Matthew 12:2

2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, 1"Look, your disciples are doing 2what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."

Matthew 12:2 In-Context

1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.
2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, "Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."
3 He said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him:
4 how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?
5 Or have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?

Cross References 2

  • 1. [ver. 10; Luke 13:14; Luke 14:3; John 5:10; John 7:23; John 9:16]
  • 2. [Exodus 20:9-11]
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