Matthew 12:1
At that time Jesus went through the fields on the Sabbath day; and his disciples, being in need of food, were taking the heads of grain.
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- Deut 23:25 : 25 When you go into your neighbour's field, you may take the heads of grain with your hand; but you may not put your blade to his grain.
- Mark 2:23-28 : 23 And it came about that on the Sabbath day he was going through the grain-fields; and while they were walking, his disciples took the heads of grain. 24 And the Pharisees said to him, Why are they doing what it is not right to do on the Sabbath? 25 And he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did, when he had need and was without food, he, and those who were with him? 26 How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him? 27 And he said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath; 28 So that the Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.
- Luke 6:1-5 : 1 Now it came about that on the Sabbath he was going through the fields of grain, and his disciples took the heads of the grain for food, crushing them in their hands. 2 But some of the Pharisees said, Why do you do what it is not right to do on the Sabbath? 3 And Jesus said, Have you not seen in the Writings what David did when he was in need of food, he, and those who were with him; 4 How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him? 5 And he said, The Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.
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- Mark 2:23-264 verses93%
23And it came about that on the Sabbath day he was going through the grain-fields; and while they were walking, his disciples took the heads of grain.
24And the Pharisees said to him, Why are they doing what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?
25And he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did, when he had need and was without food, he, and those who were with him?
26How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?
- Luke 6:1-77 verses90%
1Now it came about that on the Sabbath he was going through the fields of grain, and his disciples took the heads of the grain for food, crushing them in their hands.
2But some of the Pharisees said, Why do you do what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?
3And Jesus said, Have you not seen in the Writings what David did when he was in need of food, he, and those who were with him;
4How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?
5And he said, The Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.
6And it came about, on another Sabbath, that he went into the Synagogue and was teaching there. And a man was there whose right hand was dead.
7And the scribes and Pharisees were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath, so that they might be able to say something against him.
- Matt 12:2-54 verses89%
2But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, See, your disciples do that which it is not right to do on the Sabbath.
3But he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did when he had need of food, and those who were with him?
4How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread which it was not right for him or for those who were with him to take, but only for the priests?
5Or is it not said in the law, how the Sabbath is broken by the priests in the Temple and they do no wrong?
- Matt 12:8-125 verses77%
8For the Son of man is lord of the Sabbath.
9And he went from there into their Synagogue:
10And there was a man with a dead hand. And they put a question to him, saying, Is it right to make a man well on the Sabbath day? so that they might have something against him.
11And he said to them, Which of you, having a sheep, if it gets into a hole on the Sabbath day, will not put out a helping hand and get it back?
12Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! For this reason it is right to do good on the Sabbath day.
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1And it came about that when he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees on the Sabbath, to have a meal, they were watching him.
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25When you go into your neighbour's field, you may take the heads of grain with your hand; but you may not put your blade to his grain.
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12And on the day after, when they had come out from Bethany, he was in need of food.
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1In those days again, when there was a great mass of people and they had no food, he made his disciples come to him and said to them,
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9And Jesus said, I put the question to you, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to take it away?
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4And he said to them, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to put to death? But they said nothing.
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10And he was teaching in one of the Synagogues on the Sabbath.
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12And the day went on; and the twelve came to him and said, Send these people away so that they may go into the towns and the country round about and get resting-places and food for themselves, for we are in a waste place.
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3And Jesus, answering, said to the scribes and Pharisees, Is it right to make people well on the Sabbath or not?
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5And he said to them, Which of you, whose ox or ass has got into a water-hole, will not straight away get him out on the Sabbath?
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2And had seen that some of his disciples took their bread with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.
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5And the Pharisees and the scribes put the question to him, Why do your disciples not keep the rules of the fathers, but take their bread with unwashed hands?
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14Now the day on which the earth was mixed by Jesus and the man's eyes were made open was the Sabbath.
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12Then the disciples came and said to him, Did you see that the Pharisees were troubled when these words came to their ears?
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2Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands.
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31While this was taking place, the disciples were saying to Jesus, Master, take some food.
- Mark 6:35-362 verses71%
35And at the end of the day, his disciples came to him and said, This place is waste land, and it is late:
36Send them away, so that they may go into the country and small towns round about, and get some food for themselves.
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14Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees frequently go without food, but your disciples do not?
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11And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master take food with tax-farmers and sinners?
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16And for this reason the Jews were turned against Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.
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12And on the first day of unleavened bread, when the Passover lamb is put to death, his disciples said to him, Where are we to go and make ready for you to take the Passover meal?
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21And they came to Capernaum; and on the Sabbath he went into the Synagogue and gave teaching.
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18Now in the morning when he was coming back to the town, he had a desire for food.
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2And they were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath day, so that they might have something against him.
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12The day after, a great number of people who were there for the feast, when they had the news that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
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15In those days, I saw in Judah some who were crushing grapes on the Sabbath, and getting in grain and putting it on asses; as well as wine and grapes and figs and all sorts of goods which they took into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: and I gave witness against them on the day when they were marketing food.
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19When I made a division of the five cakes of bread among the five thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? They said to him, Twelve.
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20And he went into a house. And the people came together again, so that they were not even able to take bread.
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5A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven.