Matthew 12:2-7

2When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “See, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”

3He said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and those who were with him were hungry:

4how he entered the house of God, and they ate the bread of the Presence — which is not lawful for him or for those with him to eat, but only for the priests?

5Or haven’t you read in the law that on Sabbath days the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath and are innocent?

6I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.

7If you had known what this means, I desire mercy and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the innocent.