La vie de Jésus
The Disciples Pluck Grain on the Sabbath
Jesus defends the disciples who plucked grain on the Sabbath by referring to David's time and the priests' service, declaring that he is Lord of the Sabbath.
Matthieu 12,1-8
1At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pick heads of grain and eat them.
Ἐν ἐκείνῳ τῷ καιρῷ ἐπορεύθη ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοῖς σάββασιν διὰ τῶν σπορίμων· οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπείνασαν καὶ ἤρξαντο τίλλειν στάχυας καὶ ἐσθίειν.
2When the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, "Look, your disciples are doing what is not permitted on the Sabbath."
οἱ δὲ Φαρισαῖοι ἰδόντες εἶπαν αὐτῷ· Ἰδοὺ οἱ μαθηταί σου ποιοῦσιν ὃ οὐκ ἔξεστιν ποιεῖν ἐν σαββάτῳ.
3He said to them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Οὐκ ἀνέγνωτε τί ἐποίησεν Δαυὶδ ὅτε ⸀ἐπείνασεν καὶ οἱ μετʼ αὐτοῦ;
4How he entered the house of God, and they ate the bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for him or his companions to eat, but only for the priests.
πῶς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τοὺς ἄρτους τῆς προθέσεως ⸂ἔφαγον, ὃ⸃ οὐκ ἐξὸν ἦν αὐτῷ φαγεῖν οὐδὲ τοῖς μετʼ αὐτοῦ, εἰ μὴ τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν μόνοις;
5Or haven't you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and are not guilty?
ἢ οὐκ ἀνέγνωτε ἐν τῷ νόμῳ ὅτι τοῖς σάββασιν οἱ ἱερεῖς ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ τὸ σάββατον βεβηλοῦσιν καὶ ἀναίτιοί εἰσιν;
6But I tell you, something greater than the temple is here.
λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν ὅτι τοῦ ἱεροῦ μεῖζόν ἐστιν ὧδε.
7If you had known what this means—'I desire mercy, not sacrifice'—you would not have condemned the innocent.
εἰ δὲ ἐγνώκειτε τί ἐστιν· Ἔλεος θέλω καὶ οὐ θυσίαν, οὐκ ἂν κατεδικάσατε τοὺς ἀναιτίους.
8For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
κύριος γάρ ἐστιν τοῦ σαββάτου ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.