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Matthew 12:1-8 (AMP)

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¹ AT THAT particular time Jesus went through the fields of standing grain on the Sabbath; and His disciples were hungry, and they began to pick off the spikes of grain and to eat. ² And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, See there! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful and not permitted on the Sabbath. ³ He said to them, Have you not even read what David did when he was hungry, and those who accompanied him-- ⁴ How he went into the house of God and ate the loaves of the showbread--which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for the men who accompanied him, but for the priests only? ⁵ Or have you never read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple violate the sanctity of the Sabbath and yet are guiltless? ⁶ But I tell you, Something greater and more exalted and more majestic than the temple is here! ⁷ And if you had only known what this saying means, I desire mercy rather than sacrifice and sacrificial victims, you would not have condemned the guiltless. ⁸ For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.

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)

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)

Definition(s):
David (Deh-vidd): well-beloved, dear
Jesus (Jeez-us): savior; deliverer
Pharisees (Fehr-iss-ees): set apart