Plucking Grain on the Sabbath
The disciples pluck grain on the Sabbath. When Pharisees object, Jesus cites David's example and declares that the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.
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Matthew alone adds Jesus's argument about priests working in the temple on the Sabbath and the quote from Hosea 6:6 ("I desire mercy, not sacrifice"). Mark includes the line "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath," which Matthew and Luke omit.
Adds the temple-priests argument and quotes Hosea 6:6 on mercy over sacrifice.
Includes "The Sabbath was made for man" before the Son of Man saying.
Uses the unusual phrase "on a Sabbath" (some manuscripts read "second-first Sabbath"), a textual puzzle scholars still debate.
From the baptism of Jesus through the early Judean and Samaritan ministry, including the first disciples, first miracle, and early Jerusalem visits.
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