^{23 Ref} And it came to pass -- he is going along on the sabbaths through the corn-fields -- and his disciples began to make a way, plucking the ears,

^{24 Ref} and the Pharisees said to him, `Lo, why do they on the sabbaths that which is not lawful?'

^{25 Ref} And he said to them, `Did ye never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and those with him?

^{26 Ref} how he went into the house of God, (at `Abiathar the chief priest,') and the loaves of the presentation did eat, which it is not lawful to eat, except to the priests, and he gave also to those who were with him?'

^{27 Ref} And he said to them, `The sabbath for man was made, not man for the sabbath,

^{28 Ref} so that the son of man is lord also of the sabbath.'

^{23 Ref} And it came to pass, that he was going on the sabbath day through the grainfields; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears.

^{24 Ref} And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

^{25 Ref} And he said unto them, Did ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry, he, and they that were with him?

^{26 Ref} How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the showbread, which it is not lawful to eat save for the priests, and gave also to them that were with him?

^{27 Ref} And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

^{28 Ref} so that the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath.