Plucking Grain on the Sabbath

Tyndale New Testament

Mat 12:1–8

1 In that tyme went Iesus on the Sabot dayes thorow the corne and his disciples were anhogred and begane to plucke the eares of coorne and to eate.
2 When the pharises sawe that they sayde vnto him: Beholde thy disciples do that which is not lawfull to do apon the saboth daye.
3 He sayde vnto the: Haue ye not reed what David did when he was anhougered and they also which were with him?
4 How he entred into the housse of God and ate the halowed loves which were not lawfull for him to eate nether for the which were with him but only for the prestes.
5 Or have ye not reed in the lawe how that the prestes in the temple breake the saboth daye and yet are blamlesse?
6 But I saye vnto you: that here is one greater then the temple.
7 Wherfore yf ye had wist what this sayinge meneth: I require mercy and not sacrifice: ye wold never have condemned innocetes.
8 For the sonne of man is lord even of the saboth daye.

23 And it chaunsed that he wet thorow the corne feldes on the Saboth daye: and his disciples as they went on their waye beganne to plucke the eares of corne.
24 And the Pharises sayde vnto him: beholde why do they on the Saboth dayes that which is not laufull?
25 And he sayde to them: have ye never rede what David dyd when he had nede and was anhogred bothe he and they that were with him?
26 How he went into the housse of God in the dayes of Abiathar the hye preste and dyd eate the halowed loves which is not laufull to eate but for the prestes only: and gave also to the which were with him?
27 And he sayde to them: the Saboth daye was made for man and not man for the Saboth daye.
28 Wherfore the sonne of man is Lorde even of the Saboth daye.

1 It happened on an after saboth that he went thorow the corne felde and that his disciples plucked the eares of corne and ate and rubbed them in their hondes.
2 And certayne of the Pharises sayde vnto them: Why do the that which is not laufull to do on the saboth dayes?
3 And Iesus answered them and sayde: Have ye not redde what David dyd when he him sylfe was anhungred and they which were with him:
4 how he went into the housse of God and toke and ate the loves of halowed breed and gave also to them which were with him: which was not laufull to eate but for the prestes only.
5 And he sayde vnto them: The sonne of man is Lorde of the saboth daye.