“At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.”
At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. The Sabbath conflict that opens chapter 12 is the first major confrontation with the Pharisees over the interpretation of the Torah. The disciples' act — plucking heads of grain while walking through a field — was specifically permitted in Deuteronomy 23:25 (you may pluck grain with your hand). The Pharisaic objection is not to the plucking but to its performance on the Sabbath.
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