Matthew 12:2-8

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."

3 He said to them, ³"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 ⁴the 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 ⁵in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?

6 I tell you, ⁶something greater than the temple is here.

7 And if you had known ⁷what this means, ⁸'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.

8 For ⁹the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."

Cross References

• 1. [ver. 10; Luke 13:14; Luke 14:3; John 5:10; John 7:23; John 9:16]
• 2. [Exodus 20:9-11]
• 3. 1 Samuel 21:1-6; See Matthew 21:16
• 4. Exodus 25:30; Leviticus 24:5-9
• 5. Numbers 28:9, 10; [1 Chronicles 9:32; John 7:22, 23]
• 6. ver. 41, 42; [ver. 8; Haggai 2:9; Malachi 3:1]
• 7. Matthew 9:13
• 8. Cited from Hosea 6:6; [Micah 6:6-8]
• 9. [Matthew 9:6]