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The Sabbath Question About Plucking Grain
The disciples pluck grain on the Sabbath as they walk through the fields, leading the Pharisees to accuse them of breaking the Sabbath law. Jesus defends them by pointing out how David ate the showbread when he was in need, and declares that the Sabbath was made for man's sake, not the other way around—and that the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.
Markusevangeliet 2,23-28
23One Sabbath he was passing through the grainfields, and his disciples began to make their way along, picking heads of grain.
Καὶ ἐγένετο ⸂αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς σάββασιν παραπορεύεσθαι⸃ διὰ τῶν σπορίμων, καὶ ⸂οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἤρξαντο⸃ ὁδὸν ποιεῖν τίλλοντες τοὺς στάχυας.
24The Pharisees said to him, "Look, why are they doing what is not permitted on the Sabbath?"
καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι ἔλεγον αὐτῷ· Ἴδε τί ⸀ποιοῦσιν τοῖς σάββασιν ὃ οὐκ ἔξεστιν;
25He said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and those with him?
καὶ ⸀λέγει αὐτοῖς· Οὐδέποτε ἀνέγνωτε τί ἐποίησεν Δαυὶδ ὅτε χρείαν ἔσχεν καὶ ἐπείνασεν αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ μετʼ αὐτοῦ;
26He entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the bread of the Presence, which only the priests are permitted to eat, and he gave some to those who were with him."
⸀πῶς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπὶ Ἀβιαθὰρ ἀρχιερέως καὶ τοὺς ἄρτους τῆς προθέσεως ἔφαγεν, οὓς οὐκ ἔξεστιν φαγεῖν εἰ μὴ ⸂τοὺς ἱερεῖς⸃, καὶ ἔδωκεν καὶ τοῖς σὺν αὐτῷ οὖσιν;
27Then he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς· Τὸ σάββατον διὰ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐγένετο ⸀καὶ οὐχ ὁ ἄνθρωπος διὰ τὸ σάββατον·
28So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."
ὥστε κύριός ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου καὶ τοῦ σαββάτου.