Matthew 12:1-8

1599 Geneva Bible

12 1 The disciples pluck the ears of corn. 6 Mercy, sacrifice. 10 The withered hand is healed. 12 We must do good on the Sabbath. 22 The possessed is holpen. 25 A kingdom divided. 31 Sin, blasphemy. 33 The good or evil tree. 34 Vipers. 38 The Ninevites. 42 The Queen of Sheba. 48 The true mother and brethren of Christ.

¹ At ^(A)[a]that time Jesus went on a Sabbath day through the corn, and his disciples were an hungered, and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat.

² And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do ^(B)that which is not lawful to do upon the Sabbath.

³ But he said unto them, ^(C)Have ye not read what David did when he was an hungered, and they that were with him?

⁴ How he went into the house of God, and did eat the ^[b]showbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the ^(D)Priests?

⁵ Or have ye not read in the Law, how that on the Sabbath days the Priests in the Temple ^(E)[c]break the Sabbath, and are blameless?

⁶ But I say unto you, that here is one greater than the Temple.

⁷ Wherefore if ye knew what this is, ^(F)I will have mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the innocents.

⁸ For the son of man is Lord, even of the Sabbath.