On a Sabbath, while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands. 2 But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?” 3 And Jesus answered them, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him: 4 how he entered the house of God and took and ate the bread of the Presence, which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those with him?” 5 And he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”ot
Jesus was out walking with His disciples in the fields, and His disciples pluck the grain. Actually, this was not a violation of Mosaic law, but the Pharisees had piled up all these rules for every ceremony. But before we go on, what were they Pharisees doing out there in the first place? On the Sabbath? They were spying on Jesus, trying to find something wrong. David was not perfect, but he was every Jewish man's hero. So Jesus pointed to his action in caring for his men when they were weak and hungry; he even resorted to taking what was holy, and stretched the truth when he did so. But Jesus goes even further: as the Son of Man and Lord of the Sabbath, He had every right to do so for His followers. Notice Jesus was not doing this; it was His disciples. Jesus was going to bat on their behalf, and He's still doing so for His followers today.
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