Matthew 12:1-3

Good News Translation

The Question about the Sabbath^(A)

12 ^(B)Not long afterward Jesus was walking through some wheat fields on a Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, so they began to pick heads of wheat and eat the grain. ² When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Jesus, “Look, it is against our Law for your disciples to do this on the Sabbath!”

^3 (C)Jesus answered, “Have you never read what David did that time when he and his men were hungry?