Matthew 12:1

Webster's Bible (1833)

At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.

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  • Deut 23:25 : 25 When you come into your neighbor's standing grain, then you may pluck the ears with your hand; but you shall not move a sickle to your neighbor's standing grain.
  • Mark 2:23-28 : 23 It happened that he was going on the Sabbath day through the grain fields, and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain. 24 The Pharisees said to him, "Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?" 25 He said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry--he, and they who were with him? 26 How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the show bread, which it is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?" 27 He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 28 Therefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath."
  • Luke 6:1-5 : 1 Now it happened on the second Sabbath after the first, that he was going through the grain fields. His disciples plucked the heads of grain, and ate, rubbing them in their hands. 2 But some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?" 3 Jesus, answering them, said, "Haven't you read what David did when he was hungry, he, and those who were with him; 4 how he entered into the house of God, and took and ate the show bread, and gave also to those who were with him, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests alone?" 5 He said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."

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  • Mark 2:23-26
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    23It happened that he was going on the Sabbath day through the grain fields, and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain.

    24The Pharisees said to him, "Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?"

    25He said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry--he, and they who were with him?

    26How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the show bread, which it is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?"

  • Luke 6:1-7
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    1Now it happened on the second Sabbath after the first, that he was going through the grain fields. His disciples plucked the heads of grain, and ate, rubbing them in their hands.

    2But some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?"

    3Jesus, answering them, said, "Haven't you read what David did when he was hungry, he, and those who were with him;

    4how he entered into the house of God, and took and ate the show bread, and gave also to those who were with him, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests alone?"

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

    6It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and taught. There was a man there, and his right hand was withered.

    7The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him.

  • Matt 12:2-5
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    2But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, "Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."

    3But he said to them, "Haven't you read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him;

    4how he entered into the house of God, and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who were with him, but only for the priests?

    5Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day, the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?

  • Matt 12:8-12
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    77%

    8For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."

    9He departed there, and went into their synagogue.

    10And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?" that they might accuse him.

    11He said to them, "What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won't he grab on to it, and lift it out?

    12Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day."

  • Luke 14:1
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    1It happened, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.

  • Deut 23:25
    75%

    25When you come into your neighbor's standing grain, then you may pluck the ears with your hand; but you shall not move a sickle to your neighbor's standing grain.

  • Mark 11:12
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    12The next day, when they had come out from Bethany, he was hungry.

  • Mark 8:1
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    1In those days, when there was a very great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to himself, and said to them,

  • Luke 6:9
    73%

    9Then Jesus said to them, "I will ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?"

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

  • Luke 13:10
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    10He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day.

  • Luke 9:12
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    12The day began to wear away; and the twelve came, and said to him, "Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and farms, and lodge, and get food, for we are here in a deserted place."

  • Luke 14:3
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    3Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"

  • Luke 14:5
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    5He answered them, "Which of you, if your son{TR reads "donkey" instead of "son"} or an ox fell into a well, wouldn't immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?"

  • Mark 7:2
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    2Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault.

  • Mark 7:5
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    5The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why don't your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"

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

  • Matt 15:12
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    12Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?"

  • Matt 15:2
    72%

    2"Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread."

  • John 4:31
    71%

    31In the meanwhile, the disciples urged him, saying, "Rabbi, eat."

  • Mark 6:35-36
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    35When it was late in the day, his disciples came to him, and said, "This place is deserted, and it is late in the day.

    36Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages, and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat."

  • Matt 9:14
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    14Then John's disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"

  • Matt 9:11
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    11When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

  • John 5:16
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    16For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath.

  • Mark 14:12
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    12On the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the Passover, his disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and make ready that you may eat the Passover?"

  • Mark 1:21
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    21They went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught.

  • Matt 21:18
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    18Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.

  • Mark 3:2
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    2They watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.

  • John 12:12
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    12On the next day a great multitude had come to the feast. When they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

  • Neh 13:15
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    15In those days saw I in Judah some men treading wine-presses on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading donkeys [therewith]; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: and I testified [against them] in the day in which they sold food.

  • Mark 8:19
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    19When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" They told him, "Twelve."

  • Mark 3:20
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    20The multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

  • Luke 8:5
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    5"The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.