Luke 6:1

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One Sabbath, while Jesus was walking through the grain fields, His disciples began picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.

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  • Deut 23:25 : 25 When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat as many grapes as you desire to satisfy yourself, but you must not put any in your basket.
  • Matt 12:1-8 : 1 At that time, Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples became hungry and began to pick heads of grain and eat them. 2 But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, 'Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.' 3 He said to them, 'Have you not read what David did when he and those with him were hungry? 4 How he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for him or those with him to eat, but only for the priests? 5 Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath, the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and are innocent? 6 I tell you, something greater than the temple is here. 7 If you had known what these words mean, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent. 8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.
  • Mark 2:23-28 : 23 One Sabbath, as Jesus was walking through the grainfields, his disciples began to pluck some heads of grain as they went along. 24 The Pharisees said to Jesus, 'Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath? 25 Jesus said to them, 'Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? 26 'He entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat. He also gave some to his companions.' 27 Then he said to them, 'The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.' 28 'So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.'
  • Lev 23:10-11 : 10 Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land that I am giving you and you harvest its crops, you must bring the first sheaf of your harvest to the priest. 11 The priest will wave the sheaf before the Lord to be accepted on your behalf; he is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.
  • Lev 23:15 : 15 You shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, seven full weeks shall be counted.
  • Exod 12:15 : 15 For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day, remove leaven from your houses, for whoever eats anything leavened from the first day until the seventh day must be cut off from Israel.
  • Lev 23:7 : 7 On the first day, hold a holy assembly; you must not do any regular work.

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  • Mark 2:23-27
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    23One Sabbath, as Jesus was walking through the grainfields, his disciples began to pluck some heads of grain as they went along.

    24The Pharisees said to Jesus, 'Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?

    25Jesus said to them, 'Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?

    26'He entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat. He also gave some to his companions.'

    27Then he said to them, 'The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.'

  • Matt 12:1-5
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    90%

    1At that time, Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples became hungry and began to pick heads of grain and eat them.

    2But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, 'Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.'

    3He said to them, 'Have you not read what David did when he and those with him were hungry?

    4How he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for him or those with him to eat, but only for the priests?

    5Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath, the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and are innocent?

  • Luke 6:2-10
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    2Some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?"

    3Jesus answered them, "Have you not even read what David did when he and those with him were hungry?

    4"He entered the house of God, took the bread of the Presence, ate it, and gave some to those with him, which is not lawful for anyone to eat but the priests alone."

    5Then He said to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."

    6On another Sabbath, He went into the synagogue and began teaching, and there was a man whose right hand was withered.

    7The scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath, so they could find an accusation against Him.

    8But Jesus knew their thoughts. He said to the man with the withered hand, "Get up and stand in the middle." So the man got up and stood there.

    9Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save a life or to destroy it?"

    10Looking around at all of them, He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." The man did so, and his hand was restored, as sound as the other.

  • Luke 14:1
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    1One Sabbath, as Jesus went to eat at the house of a prominent Pharisee, they were carefully watching him.

  • Matt 12:9-12
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    9Departing from there, He went into their synagogue.

    10And a man with a withered hand was there. They asked Jesus, 'Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?' so that they might accuse Him.

    11He said to them, 'Which one of you who has a sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?

    12How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.'

  • Mark 7:1-2
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    1The Pharisees and some of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, gathered around Him.

    2They saw some of His disciples eating bread with unclean, that is, unwashed hands, and they criticized them.

  • Mark 7:5
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    5So the Pharisees and the scribes questioned Him, "Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?"

  • Deut 23:25
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    25When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat as many grapes as you desire to satisfy yourself, but you must not put any in your basket.

  • Luke 13:10
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    10Now Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.

  • Matt 15:2
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    2“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”

  • Mark 3:4
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    4Then He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save a life or to kill?" But they remained silent.

  • Mark 6:1-2
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    1Jesus left that place and went to His hometown, and His disciples followed Him.

    2When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were amazed. They said, 'Where did this man get these things? What is this wisdom that has been given to Him? What remarkable miracles are being done through His hands!

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    4Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.

  • Mark 3:1-2
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    1Then Jesus entered the synagogue again, and there was a man there with a withered hand.

    2They were watching Jesus closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath, so they might accuse Him.

  • Mark 11:12
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    12The next day, as they were leaving Bethany, he was hungry.

  • Josh 5:11
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    11The day after the Passover, they ate some of the produce of the land: unleavened bread and roasted grain on that very day.

  • John 9:14
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    14Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.

  • Mark 6:35-36
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    35By this time it was late in the day, so His disciples came to Him and said, 'This is a remote place, and it’s already very late.'

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  • Luke 14:3
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    3Jesus responded to the experts in the law and the Pharisees, asking, 'Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?'

  • Luke 14:5
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    5Then he asked them, 'If one of you has a son or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will you not immediately pull him out?'

  • Luke 13:14
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    14But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, 'There are six days for work. So come to be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.'

  • Mark 8:1
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    31Then He said to them, 'Come away by yourselves to a solitary place and rest for a while.' For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have a chance to eat.

  • Exod 16:26
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    26For six days you are to gather it, but on the seventh day, the sabbath, there will not be any."

  • Mark 1:21
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  • Luke 4:31
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  • John 6:13
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    13So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with pieces left over from the five barley loaves, which were more than enough for those who had eaten.