At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.
Parallel translations
- WEB At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.
- KJV At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
- NKJV At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. And His disciples were hungry, and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.
- NASB At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples became hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat.
- NLT At about that time Jesus was walking through some grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, so they began breaking off some heads of grain and eating them.
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Quick answer
Jesus' hungry disciples pluck grain on the Sabbath while passing through fields. The act sets up a confrontation over Sabbath observance.
Overview
The law permitted a passerby to pluck grain by hand (Deut. 23:25), so the disciples' action was not theft. The issue the Pharisees raise is doing it on the Sabbath. This scene begins a series of Sabbath controversies through which Jesus reveals His authority and the true intent of God's law.
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Cross-references · 3
- Deut 23:25When you enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not put a sickle to your neighbor’s grain.
- Luke 6:1–5One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain, rub them in their hands, and eat them.
- Mark 2:23–28One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along.
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