Plucking grain on the sabbath.

Matthew 12.1-8 = Mark 2.23-28 = Luke 6.1-5.

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Matthew 12.1-8.	Mark 2.23-28.	Luke 6.1-5.
¹ Ἐν ἐκείνῳ τῷ καιρῷ ἐπορεύθη* ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοῖς σάββασιν διὰ τῶν σπορίμων· οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπείνασαν, καὶ ἤρξαντο τίλλειν* στάχυας καὶ ἐσθίειν. ² οἱ δὲ Φαρισαῖοι ἰδόντες εἶπαν αὐτῷ· Ἰδοὺ, οἱ μαθηταί σου ποιοῦσιν ὃ οὐκ ἔξεστιν ποιεῖν ἐν σαββάτῳ. ³ ὁ* δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Οὐκ ἀνέγνωτε τί ἐποίησεν Δαυὶδ ὅτε ἐπείνασεν καὶ οἱ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ, ⁴ πῶς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τοὺς ἄρτους τῆς προθέσεως ἔφαγον, ὃ οὐκ ἐξὸν ἦν αὐτῷ φαγεῖν οὐδὲ τοῖς* μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ,* εἰ μὴ τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν μόνοις; ⁵ ἢ οὐκ ἀνέγνωτε ἐν τῷ νόμῳ ὅτι τοῖς σάββασιν οἱ ἱερεῖς ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ τὸ σάββατον βεβηλοῦσιν καὶ ἀναίτιοί εἰσιν; ⁶ λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν ὅτι τοῦ ἱεροῦ μεῖζόν ἐστιν ὧδε. ⁷ εἰ δὲ ἐγνώκειτε τί ἐστιν· Ἔλεος θέλω καὶ οὐ θυσίαν, οὐκ ἂν κατεδικάσατε τοὺς ἀναιτίους. ⁸ κύριος γάρ ἐστιν τοῦ σαββάτου ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.	²³ Καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτὸν* ἐν τοῖς σάββασιν παραπορεύεσθαι* διὰ τῶν σπορίμων, καὶ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἤρξαντο ὁδὸν ποιεῖν τίλλοντες* τοὺς στάχυας. ²⁴ καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι ἔλεγον αὐτῷ· Ἴδε, τί ποιοῦσιν τοῖς σάββασιν ὃ οὐκ ἔξεστιν; ²⁵ καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· Οὐδέποτε ἀνέγνωτε τί ἐποίησεν Δαυίδ ὅτε χρείαν ἔσχεν καὶ ἐπείνασεν αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ, ²⁶ 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; ²⁷ καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς· Τὸ σάββατον διὰ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐγένετο καὶ οὐχ ὁ ἄνθρωπος διὰ τὸ σάββατον· ²⁸ ὥστε κύριός ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου καὶ τοῦ σαββάτου.	¹ Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν σαββάτῳ διαπορεύεσθαι* αὐτὸν* διὰ σπορίμων, καὶ ἔτιλλον* οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἤσθιον τοὺς στάχυας, ψώχοντες ταῖς χερσίν. ² τινὲς δὲ τῶν Φαρισαίων εἶπαν· Τί ποιεῖτε ὃ οὐκ ἔξεστιν τοῖς σάββασιν; ³ καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς πρὸς αὐτοὺς εἶπεν ὁ* Ἰησοῦς· Οὐδὲ τοῦτο ἀνέγνωτε ὃ ἐποίησεν Δαυὶδ ὅτε ἐπείνασεν αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ὄντες, ⁴ ὡς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τοὺς ἄρτους τῆς προθέσεως λαβὼν ἔφαγεν καὶ ἔδωκεν* τοῖς* μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ,* οὓς οὐκ ἔξεστιν φαγεῖν εἰ μὴ μόνους τοὺς ἱερεῖς; ⁵ καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς· Κύριός ἐστιν τοῦ σαββάτου ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.
Extant: ~Ƿ⁷⁰ א B C D L W Δ Θ �¹ �¹³ Byzantine. ⁴ εφαγον (א B) / εφαγεν (Ƿ⁷⁰ C D L W Δ Θ �¹ �¹³ Byzantine).	Extant: ~Ƿ⁸⁸ א A B C D L W Δ Θ �¹ �¹³ Byzantine.	Extant: ~Ƿ⁴ ~Ƿ⁷⁵ א A B ~C D L W Δ Θ Ψ �¹ �¹³ Byzantine. ¹ σαββατω (Ƿ⁴ א B L W �¹) / σαββατω δευτεροπρωτω (A C D Δ Θ Ψ Byzantine) / σαββατω δευτερω πρωτω (�¹³). ⁴ τοις μετ αυτου (B L W Ψ �¹) / και τοις μετ αυτου (א A D Δ Θ �¹³ Byzantine). ⁴ μονους τους ιερεις (Ƿ⁴ א A B L W Δ Θ Ψ �¹ �¹³ Byzantine) / μονοις τοις ιερευσιν (D). ⁵ και ελεγεν αυτοις· Κυριος εστιν του σαββατου ο υιος του ανθρωπου (א B W) / και ελεγεν αυτοις· Κυριος εστιν ο υιος του ανθρωπου και του σαββατου (A L Δ Θ Ψ �¹ �¹³ Byzantine). D locates this verse (in the second form listed above) after 6.10, and in place of 6.5 it offers a brief but related story.
Eusebius 114-115. Word count: 136. Previous: Matthew 11.28-30. Next: Matthew 12.9-14.	Eusebius 24-25a. Word count: 108. Previous: Mark 2.18-22. Next: Mark 3.1-6.	Eusebius 41. Word count: 92. Previous: Luke 5.33-39. Next: Luke 6.6-11.

Matthew 12.1-8.	Mark 2.23-28.	Luke 6.1-5.
¹ At that time Jesus was journeying through the grainfields on the sabbaths, but his disciples grew hungry and began to pick heads of grain and to eat them. ² But the Pharisees saw and said to him: Behold, your disciples are doing what is not permitted to be done on a sabbath. ³ But he said to them: Have you not read what David did when he and those with him grew hungry, ⁴ how he went into the house of God, and they ate the showbread, which was not permitted to him to eat, nor to those* with him,* except to the priests alone? ⁵ Or have you not read in the law that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple desecrate the sabbath and are blameless? ⁶ But I say to you that something greater than the temple is here. ⁷ But, had you known what this is: I wish for mercy and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the blameless. ⁸ For the son of man is Lord of the sabbath.	²³ And it happened that he was journeying along through the grainfields on the sabbaths, and his disciples began to make their way picking the heads of grain. ²⁴ And the Pharisees were saying to him: Behold, why do they do what is not permitted on the sabbaths? ²⁵ And he says to them: Have you not ever read what David did when he himself and those with him had need and grew hungry, ²⁶ how he went into the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and he ate the showbread, which one is not permitted to eat, except the priests, and gave it also to those* who were with him?* ²⁷ And he was saying to them: The sabbath came about on account of man and not man on account of the sabbath. ²⁸ Thus the son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.	¹ But it happened that he was journeying on through grainfields on a sabbath, and his disciples were picking the heads of grain and eating them, rubbing them in their hands. ² But some of the Pharisees said: Why do you do what is not permitted on the sabbaths? ³ And Jesus answered and said toward them: Have you not even read that which David did when he himself and those who were with him grew hungry, ⁴ how he went into the house of God, and he took and ate the showbread, which one is not permitted to eat, except the priests alone, and gave it to those* with him?* ⁵ And he was saying to them: The son of man is Lord of the sabbath.

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