Matthew 12:1-3

Expanded Bible

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath^(A)

12 At that time Jesus was walking through some fields of grain on a Sabbath day. His ·followers [disciples] were hungry, so they began to pick the grain and eat it [Deut. 23:25]. ² When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Jesus, “Look! Your ·followers [disciples] are doing what is ·unlawful to do [forbidden] on the Sabbath day.” [^CGleaning was viewed as work, and therefore forbidden on the Sabbath; Ex. 34:21.]

³ Jesus answered, “Have you not read what David did when he and ·the people with him [his companions] were hungry?