Verse 1

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,

Referenced Verses

• 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.'