Luke 6:1-5

The Lord of the Sabbath

1 One Sabbath ^[a] Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain, rub them in their hands, and eat them. ¹

2 But some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”

3 Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

4 He entered the house of God, took the consecrated bread ^[b] and gave it to his companions, and ate what is lawful only for the priests to eat.”

5 Then Jesus declared, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

Cross References

• 1. (1 Samuel 21:1–7; Matthew 12:1–8; Mark 2:23–28)

Footnotes

• [a] BYZ and TR On the second Sabbath after the first
• [b] Or the Bread of the Presence