Luke 6:1-5

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

1 ¹Now it happened that He was passing through some grainfields on a Sabbath; and His disciples ²were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating the grain.

2 But some of the Pharisees said, "Why do you do what ³is not lawful on the Sabbath?"

3 And Jesus answering them said, "Have you not even read ⁴what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him,

4 how he entered the house of God, and took and ate the consecrated bread which ⁵is not lawful for any to eat except the priests alone, and gave it to his companions *?"

5 And He was saying to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."

Cross References

• 1. Luke 6:1-5: {Matthew 12:1-8; Mark 2:23-28}
• 2. Deuteronomy 23:25
• 3. Matthew 12:2
• 4. 1 Samuel 21:6
• 5. Leviticus 24:9

Footnotes

• [a] Or "showbread;" lit "loaves of presentation"