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At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the sabbath; his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.
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When the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, "Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath."
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He said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
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He entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him or his companions to eat, but only for the priests.
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Or have you not read in the law that on the sabbath the priests in the temple break the sabbath and yet are guiltless?
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I tell you, something greater than the temple is here.
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But if you had known what this means, "I desire mercy and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.
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For the Son of Man is lord of the sabbath."
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He left that place and entered their synagogue;
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a man was there with a withered hand, and they asked him, "Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath?" so that they might accuse him.