Matthew 12:2
When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Behold, yoʋr disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”
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In Context
3He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him,
Cross References
Matthew 12:10And behold, there was a man who had a withered hand. In order to accuse Jesus, the Pharisees asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
Luke 6:6On another Sabbath, Jesus went into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered.
Luke 14:3In response Jesus said to the lawyers and Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
Matthew Henry on Matthew 12:2-14
Christ Vindicates His Disciples. 1 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. 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. 3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him; 4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the showbread, which was not lawful for him… Read the whole commentary →