Matthew 12:1

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

At that time did Jesus go on the sabbaths through the corn, and his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck ears, and to eat,

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  • Deut 23:25 : 25 When thou comest in among the standing-corn of thy neighbour, then thou hast plucked the ears with thy hand, but a sickle thou dost not wave over the standing-corn of thy neighbour.
  • Mark 2:23-28 : 23 And it came to pass -- he is going along on the sabbaths through the corn-fields -- and his disciples began to make a way, plucking the ears, 24 and the Pharisees said to him, `Lo, why do they on the sabbaths that which is not lawful?' 25 And he said to them, `Did ye never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and those with him? 26 how he went into the house of God, (at `Abiathar the chief priest,') and the loaves of the presentation did eat, which it is not lawful to eat, except to the priests, and he gave also to those who were with him?' 27 And he said to them, `The sabbath for man was made, not man for the sabbath, 28 so that the son of man is lord also of the sabbath.'
  • Luke 6:1-5 : 1 And it came to pass, on the second-first sabbath, as he is going through the corn fields, that his disciples were plucking the ears, and were eating, rubbing with the hands, 2 and certain of the Pharisees said to them, `Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbaths?' 3 And Jesus answering said unto them, `Did ye not read even this that David did, when he hungered, himself and those who are with him, 4 how he went into the house of God, and the loaves of the presentation did take, and did eat, and gave also to those with him, which it is not lawful to eat, except only to the priests?' 5 and he said to them, -- `The Son of Man is lord also of the sabbath.'

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  • Mark 2:23-26
    4 verses
    93%

    23And it came to pass -- he is going along on the sabbaths through the corn-fields -- and his disciples began to make a way, plucking the ears,

    24and the Pharisees said to him, `Lo, why do they on the sabbaths that which is not lawful?'

    25And he said to them, `Did ye never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and those with him?

    26how he went into the house of God, (at `Abiathar the chief priest,') and the loaves of the presentation did eat, which it is not lawful to eat, except to the priests, and he gave also to those who were with him?'

  • Luke 6:1-7
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    90%

    1And it came to pass, on the second-first sabbath, as he is going through the corn fields, that his disciples were plucking the ears, and were eating, rubbing with the hands,

    2and certain of the Pharisees said to them, `Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbaths?'

    3And Jesus answering said unto them, `Did ye not read even this that David did, when he hungered, himself and those who are with him,

    4how he went into the house of God, and the loaves of the presentation did take, and did eat, and gave also to those with him, which it is not lawful to eat, except only to the priests?'

    5and he said to them, -- `The Son of Man is lord also of the sabbath.'

    6And it came to pass also, on another sabbath, that he goeth into the synagogue, and teacheth, and there was there a man, and his right hand was withered,

    7and the scribes and the Pharisees were watching him, if on the sabbath he will heal, that they might find an accusation against him.

  • Matt 12:2-5
    4 verses
    89%

    2and the Pharisees having seen, said to him, `Lo, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on a sabbath.'

    3And he said to them, `Did ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, himself and those with him --

    4how he went into the house of God, and the loaves of the presentation did eat, which it is not lawful to him to eat, nor to those with him, except to the priests alone?

    5`Or did ye not read in the Law, that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple do profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

  • Matt 12:8-12
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    77%

    8for the son of man is lord even of the sabbath.'

    9And having departed thence, he went to their synagogue,

    10and lo, there was a man having the hand withered, and they questioned him, saying, `Is it lawful to heal on the sabbaths?' that they might accuse him.

    11And he said to them, `What man shall be of you, who shall have one sheep, and if this may fall on the sabbaths into a ditch, will not lay hold on it and raise `it'?

    12How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep? -- so that it is lawful on the sabbaths to do good.'

  • Luke 14:1
    76%

    1And it came to pass, on his going into the house of a certain one of the chiefs of the Pharisees, on a sabbath, to eat bread, that they were watching him,

  • Deut 23:25
    75%

    25When thou comest in among the standing-corn of thy neighbour, then thou hast plucked the ears with thy hand, but a sickle thou dost not wave over the standing-corn of thy neighbour.

  • Mark 11:12
    75%

    12And on the morrow, they having come forth from Bethany, he hungered,

  • Mark 8:1
    74%

    1In those days the multitude being very great, and not having what they may eat, Jesus having called near his disciples, saith to them,

  • Luke 6:9
    73%

    9Then said Jesus unto them, `I will question you something: Is it lawful on the sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? life to save or to kill?'

  • Mark 3:4
    73%

    4And he saith to them, `Is it lawful on the sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? life to save, or to kill?' but they were silent.

  • Luke 13:10
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    10And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath,

  • Luke 9:12
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    12And the day began to decline, and the twelve having come near, said to him, `Let away the multitude, that having gone to the villages and the fields round about, they may lodge and may find provision, because here we are in a desert place.'

  • Luke 14:3
    73%

    3and Jesus answering spake to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, `Is it lawful on the sabbath-day to heal?'

  • Luke 14:5
    72%

    5and answering them he said, `Of which of you shall an ass or ox fall into a pit, and he will not immediately draw it up on the sabbath-day?'

  • Mark 7:2
    72%

    2and having seen certain of his disciples with defiled hands -- that is, unwashed -- eating bread, they found fault;

  • Mark 7:5
    72%

    5Then question him do the Pharisees and the scribes, `Wherefore do thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but with unwashed hands do eat the bread?'

  • John 9:14
    72%

    14and it was a sabbath when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

  • Matt 15:12
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    12Then his disciples having come near, said to him, `Hast thou known that the Pharisees, having heard the word, were stumbled?'

  • Matt 15:2
    72%

    2`Wherefore do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they do not wash their hands when they may eat bread.'

  • John 4:31
    71%

    31And in the meanwhile his disciples were asking him, saying, `Rabbi, eat;'

  • Mark 6:35-36
    2 verses
    71%

    35And now the hour being advanced, his disciples having come near to him, say, -- `The place is desolate, and the hour is now advanced,

    36let them away, that, having gone away to the surrounding fields and villages, they may buy to themselves loaves, for what they may eat they have not.'

  • Matt 9:14
    71%

    14Then come to him do the disciples of John, saying, `Wherefore do we and the Pharisees fast much, and thy disciples fast not?'

  • Matt 9:11
    71%

    11and the Pharisees having seen, said to his disciples, `Wherefore with the tax-gatherers and sinners doth your teacher eat?'

  • John 5:16
    71%

    16and because of this were the Jews persecuting Jesus, and seeking to kill him, because these things he was doing on a sabbath.

  • Mark 14:12
    71%

    12And the first day of the unleavened food, when they were killing the passover, his disciples say to him, `Where wilt thou, `that,' having gone, we may prepare, that thou mayest eat the passover?'

  • Mark 1:21
    71%

    21And they go on to Capernaum, and immediately, on the sabbaths, having gone into the synagogue, he was teaching,

  • Matt 21:18
    70%

    18and in the morning turning back to the city, he hungered,

  • Mark 3:2
    70%

    2and they were watching him, whether on the sabbaths he will heal him, that they might accuse him.

  • John 12:12
    70%

    12On the morrow, a great multitude that came to the feast, having heard that Jesus doth come to Jerusalem,

  • Neh 13:15
    70%

    15In those days I have seen in Judah those treading wine-vats on sabbath, and bringing in the sheaves, and lading on the asses, and also, wine, grapes, and figs, and every burden, yea, they are bringing in to Jerusalem on the sabbath-day, and I testify in the day of their selling provision.

  • Mark 8:19
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    19When the five loaves I did brake to the five thousand, how many hand-baskets full of broken pieces took ye up?' they say to him, `Twelve.'

  • Mark 3:20
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    20And come together again doth a multitude, so that they are not able even to eat bread;

  • Luke 8:5
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    5`The sower went forth to sow his seed, and in his sowing some indeed fell beside the way, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the heaven did devour it.