Mark 2:23-27

23 Jesus was walking through some wheat fields on a Sabbath. As his disciples walked along with him, they began to pick the heads of wheat. ¹

24 So the Pharisees said to Jesus, "Look, it is against our Law for your disciples to do that on the Sabbath!"

25 Jesus answered, "Have you never read what David did that time when he needed something to eat? He and his men were hungry,

26 so he went into the house of God and ate the bread offered to God. This happened when Abiathar was the High Priest. According to our Law only the priests may eat this bread - but David ate it and even gave it to his men." ²

27 And Jesus concluded, "The Sabbath was made for the good of human beings; they were not made for the Sabbath.

Cross References

• 1. 2.23Deuteronomy 23.25.
• 2. 2.26Leviticus 24.9.+O+N2.25, 26 1 S 21.1-6.