Mark 2:23

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

23 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain.

Mark 2:23 in Other Translations

23 And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.

23 One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.

23 One Sabbath day as Jesus was walking through some grainfields, his disciples began breaking off heads of grain to eat.

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

23 On the Sabbath He was going through the grainfields, and His disciples began to make their way picking 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 “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse.

22 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.”

23 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain.

24 The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”

25 He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 23:25