Matthew 12:1

In that time Jesus went by (some) corns in the sabbath day [or on the sabbath day]; and his disciples hungered, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat (them).

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And the Pharisees, seeing, said to him, Lo! thy disciples do that thing that is not leaveful to them to do in [the] sabbaths. (And the Pharisees, seeing that, said to him, Behold! thy disciples do what is not lawful for them to do on the Sabbath.)

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Cross References

Mark 2:23And it was done again, when the Lord walked in the sabbaths by the corns (or when the Lord walked through a cornfield on the Sabbath), and his disciples began to pass forth [or to go forth], and [to] pluck (the) ears of the corn.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 12:1

In this chapter, we have, I. Christ's clearing of the law of the fourth commandment concerning the sabbath-day, and vindicating it from some superstitious notions advanced by the Jewish teachers; showing that works of necessity and mercy are to be done on that day, ver. 1-13 . II. The prudence, humility, and self-denial of our Lord Jesus in working his miracles, ver. 14-21 . III. Christ's answer to the blasphemous cavils and calumnies of the scribes and Pharisees, who imputed his casting out devils to a compact… Read the whole commentary →

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