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Matthew 12:1-14 (GN)

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¹ Not long afterward Jesus was walking through some wheat fields on a Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, so they began to pick heads of wheat and eat the grain. ² When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Jesus, "Look, it is against our Law for your disciples to do this on the Sabbath!" ³ Jesus answered, "Have you never read what David did that time when he and his men were hungry? ⁴ He went into the house of God, and he and his men ate the bread offered to God, even though it was against the Law for them to eat it---only the priests were allowed to eat that bread. ⁵ Or have you not read in the Law of Moses that every Sabbath the priests in the Temple actually break the Sabbath law, yet they are not guilty? ⁶ I tell you that there is something here greater than the Temple. ⁷ The scripture says, 'It is kindness that I want, not animal sacrifices.' If you really knew what this means, you would not condemn people who are not guilty; ⁸ for the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath." ⁹ Jesus left that place and went to a synagogue, ¹⁰ where there was a man who had a paralyzed hand. Some people were there who wanted to accuse Jesus of doing wrong, so they asked him, "Is it against our Law to heal on the Sabbath?" ¹¹ Jesus answered, "What if one of you has a sheep and it falls into a deep hole on the Sabbath? Will you not take hold of it and lift it out? ¹² And a human being is worth much more than a sheep! So then, our Law does allow us to help someone on the Sabbath." ¹³ Then he said to the man with the paralyzed hand, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and it became well again, just like the other one. ¹⁴ Then the Pharisees left and made plans to kill Jesus.

This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 1) Should work be done or not on the Sabbath? Disciples picked some heads of grain

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 1) Jesus - The Lord (part 2) (2010-06-28)
(v. 2) Jesus - The Lord (part 2) (2010-06-28)
(v. 3) Jesus - The Lord (part 2) (2010-06-28)
(v. 4) Jesus - The Lord (part 2) (2010-06-28)
(v. 5) Jesus - The Lord (part 2) (2010-06-28)
(v. 6) Jesus - The Lord (part 2) (2010-06-28)
(v. 7) Jesus - The Lord (part 2) (2010-06-28)
(v. 8) Jesus - The Lord (part 2) (2010-06-28)
(v. 9) Jesus - The Lord (part 2) (2010-06-28)
(v. 10) Jesus - The Lord (part 2) (2010-06-28)
(v. 11) Jesus - The Lord (part 2) (2010-06-28)
(v. 12) Jesus - The Lord (part 2) (2010-06-28)
(v. 13) Jesus - The Lord (part 2) (2010-06-28)
(v. 14) Jesus - The Lord (part 2) (2010-06-28)

This passage is referenced in the following study note(s):
(v. 1) Devotional: Bible Study (2008-12-12)
(v. 2) Devotional: Bible Study (2008-12-12)
(v. 3) Devotional: Bible Study (2008-12-12)
(v. 4) Devotional: Bible Study (2008-12-12)
(v. 5) Devotional: Bible Study (2008-12-12)
(v. 6) Devotional: Bible Study (2008-12-12)
(v. 7) Devotional: Bible Study (2008-12-12)
(v. 8) Devotional: Bible Study (2008-12-12)
(v. 9) Sermon: God calls Man to do the Impossible (2012-01-14)

Definition(s):
David (Deh-vidd): well-beloved, dear
Jesus (Jeez-us): savior; deliverer
Moses (Moh-ziz): taken out; drawn forth
Pharisees (Fehr-iss-ees): set apart
So (Soh):