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At that time Jesus went on the sabbath through the corn, and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
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But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, Behold, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath.
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But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him;
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How he entered into the house of God, and ate the show-bread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them who were with him, but only for the priests?
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Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
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But I say to you, that in this place is [one] greater than the temple.
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But if ye had known what [this] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
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For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.