Matthew 12:1-9

1At that timeG2540 JesusG2424 wentG4198 on the sabbathG4521 through the cornfields; and his disciplesG3101 were hungryG3983, and beganG757 to pluck the ears and to eatG2068.

2But the PhariseesG5330, seeingG3708 [it], saidG3004 to him, BeholdG2400, thy disciplesG3101 are doing what is not lawfulG1832 to do on sabbathG4521.

3But he saidG3004 to them, Have ye not readG314 what DavidG1138 did whenG3753 he was hungryG3983, and they that were with him?

4HowG4459 he enteredG1525 into the houseG3624 of 1GodG2316, and ateG2068 the shewbread, which it wasG1510 not lawfulG1832 for him to eatG2068, nor for those with him, but for the priestsG2409 onlyG3441?

5Or have ye not readG314 in the lawG3551 that on the sabbathsG4521 the priestsG2409 in the temple profane the sabbathG4521, and areG1510 blameless?

6But I sayG3004 unto you, that there isG1510 hereG5602 what isG1510 greaterG3173 than the temple.

7But if ye had knownG1097 what isG1510: I will have mercyG1656 and not sacrificeG2378, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

8For the SonG5207 of manG444 isG1510 LordG2962 of the sabbathG4521.

9And, going away from thence, he cameG2064 into their synagogueG4864.