^{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 about that on the Sabbath day he was going through the grain-fields; and while they were walking, his disciples took the heads of grain.

^{24 Ref} And the Pharisees said to him, Why are they doing what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?

^{25 Ref} And he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did, when he had need and was without food, he, and those who were with him?

^{26 Ref} How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

^{27 Ref} And he said to 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.