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12 At that [a]particular time Jesus went through the fields of standing grain on the Sabbath; and His disciples were hungry, and they began to pick off the spikes of grain and to eat.(A)

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, See there! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful and not permitted on the Sabbath.

He said to them, Have you not even read what David did when he was hungry, and those who accompanied him—(B)

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  1. Matthew 12:1 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.

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