1 One Sabbath day Jesus was walking through some grainfields. His followers picked the heads of grain, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them.
2 Some Pharisees said, “Why are you doing that? It is against the law of Moses to do that on the Sabbath day.”
3 Jesus answered, “Haven’t you read about what David did when he and those with him were hungry?
4 David went into God’s house. He took the bread that was made holy for God and ate it. And he gave some of the bread to the people with him. This was against the law of Moses. It says that only priests can eat that bread.”
5 Then Jesus said to the Pharisees, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath day.”