Matthew 12:2-7

2When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing something that is not right to do on the day of rest—a holy day.”

3Jesus asked them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his men were hungry?

4Haven’t you read how he went into the house of God and ate  the bread of the presence? He and his men had no right to eat those loaves. Only the priests have that right.

5Or haven’t you read in Moses’ Teachings that on the day of rest—a holy day, the priests in the temple do things they shouldn’t on the day of rest yet remain innocent?

6I can guarantee that something  greater than the temple is here.

7If you had known what ‘I want mercy, not sacrifices’ means, you would not have condemned innocent people.