Mark 2:23

23 One Sabbath day he was walking through a field of ripe grain.

Mark 2:23 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 2:23

And it came to pass
The Vulgate Latin adds, "again"; and so Beza says it was read in one of his copies:

that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day, and his
disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn,
and to rub them, and get the grain out of them, and eat them; (See Gill on Matthew 12:1).

Mark 2:23 In-Context

21 He went on, "No one cuts up a fine silk scarf to patch old work clothes; you want fabrics that match.
22 And you don't put your wine in cracked bottles."
23 One Sabbath day he was walking through a field of ripe grain.
24 As his disciples made a path, they pulled off heads of grain. The Pharisees told on them to Jesus: "Look, your disciples are breaking Sabbath rules!"
25 Jesus said, "Really? Haven't you ever read what David did when he was hungry, along with those who were with him?
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