Mark 2:24

24 So the Pharisees said to Him, "Look! why are they doing what on the Sabbath is unlawful?"

Mark 2:24 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 2:24

And the Pharisees said unto him
To Christ, the same they said to his disciples, ( Luke 6:2 ) .

Behold, why do they on the sabbath day, that which is not lawful?
see how they pluck the ears of corn and rub them, and eat things, which by the law, especially by the traditions of the elders, were not lawful to be done on the sabbath day; (See Gill on Matthew 12:2).

Mark 2:24 In-Context

22 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise the wine would burst the skins, and both wine and skins would be lost. New wine needs fresh skins!"

23 One Sabbath He was walking through the wheatfields when His disciples began to pluck the ears of wheat as they went.

24 So the Pharisees said to Him, "Look! why are they doing what on the Sabbath is unlawful?"

25 "Have you never read," Jesus replied, "what David did when the necessity arose and he and his men were hungry:

26 how he entered the house of God in the High-priesthood of Abiathar, and ate the Presented Loaves--which none but the priests are allowed to eat--and gave some to his men also?"