Mark 2:23

Now it came about as He was going through the grain fields on the Sabbath, that His disciples began to make their way picking the heads of grain.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.

In Context

22And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine spills out, and the wineskins will be ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins.” 1 Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath

24And the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why do they do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

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Cross References

Luke 6:1Now it came to pass on the + 6:1 Δεuτεροπρωτω, Gk (Deuteroproto). Difficult word to translate. Literally, “second first.” Thanks to Dr. Maurice Robinson for help with this difficult translation.second chief Sabbath, that He was going through the grain fields. And His disciples were picking the heads of grain and were eating them, rubbing them in their hands.

Matthew Henry on Mark 2:19-28

The Hypocritical Rigour of the Pharisees. 18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? 19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. 21 No… Read the whole commentary →

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