Jesus' Disiciples Pick Grain on Sabbath

PICKING GRAIN on the SABBATH **
83	Matt 12	46	Mark 2	46	Luke 6
1	At that time	23	One sabbath *	1	On a sabbath,*
	Jesus went		he was going		while he was going
	through the grainfields		through the grainfields;		through the grainfields,
	on the sabbath;*
			and as they made their way
	his disciples were hungry,		his disciples		his disciples
	and they began to pluck		began to pluck		plucked and ate
	heads of grain		heads of grain.		some heads of grain,
	and to eat.
					rubbing them
					in their hands.
2	But when the Pharisees	24	And the Pharisees	2	But some of the Pharisees
	saw it,
	they said to him,		said to him,		said,
	"Look,		"Look,
	your disciples are doing		why are they doing		"Why are you doing
	what is not lawful		what is not lawful		what is not lawful
	to do on the sabbath."		on the sabbath?"		to do on the sabbath?"
3	He said to them,	25	And he said to them,	3	And Jesus answered,
	"Have you not read		"Have you never read		"Have you not read
	what David did,		what David did,		what David did
	when he was		when he was in need		when he was
	hungry,		and was hungry,		hungry,
	and those		he and those		he and those
	who were with him:		who were with him:		who were with him:
4	how he entered	26	how he entered	4	how he entered
	the house of God		the house of God,		the house of God,
			when Abiathar
			was high priest,
	and ate		and ate		and took and ate
	the bread of the Presence,		the bread of the Presence,		the bread of the Presence,
	which it was not lawful		which it is not lawful		which it is not lawful
	for him		for any but the priests*		for any but the priests*
	to eat		to eat,		to eat,
			and also gave it		and also gave it
	nor for those		to those		to those
	who were with him,		who were with him?"		with him?"
	but only for the priests?*
5	Or have you not read
	in the law
	how on the sabbath
	the priests in the temple
	profane the sabbath,
	and are guiltless?
6	I tell you,
	something greater
	than the temple is here.
7	And if you had known
	what this means,
	`I desire mercy,
	and not sacrifice,'
	you would not have
	condemned the guiltless.
		27	And he said to them,	5	And he said to them,
			"The sabbath was made ,
			for man
			not man for the sabbath;
8	For the Son of man is lord	28	so the Son of man is lord		"The Son of man is lord
	of the sabbath."		even of the sabbath.		of the sabbath."

** For analysis of this pericope click here. For interpretation of the concluding aphorism click here.

Canonical gospel selection in the Revised Standard Version
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Blue	Three texts use same vocabulary.
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Black	Words unique to a particular text.
	No parallel element in this gospel.
*	Same wording, different order.
46	Sequence in synoptic outlines