Mark 2:23

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath Day

23 One Sabbath day Jesus was walking with his disciples through the grainfields. The disciples began to break off some heads of 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 "People don't sew a patch of new cloth on old clothes. If they do, the new piece will pull away from the old. That will make the tear worse.

22 People don't pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the wine will burst the skins. Then the wine and the wineskins will both be destroyed. No, everyone pours new wine into new wineskins."

23 One Sabbath day Jesus was walking with his disciples through the grainfields. The disciples began to break off some heads of grain.

24 The Pharisees said to Jesus, "Look! It is against the Law to do this on the Sabbath. Why are your disciples doing it?"

25 He answered, "Haven't you ever read about what David did? He and his men were hungry. They needed food.