- Bible
- Matthew
- Chapter 12
- Verse 1
Matthew 12:1
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.
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Barnes' Notes
Mat 12:1-8. The account contained in these verses is also recorded in Mar 2:23-28, and Luk 6:1-5. At that time - Luke Luk 6:1 fixes the time more particularly. He says that it was “the second Sabbath…
The Jewish teachers had corrupted many of the commandments, by interpreting them more loosely than they were intended; a mistake which Christ discovered and rectified (ch. 5) in his sermon on the…
Mat 12:1-13. The Observance of the Sabbath
1. The disciples pluck ears of corn on the Sabbath. 2. A man with a withered hand cured on the Sabbath.
St Mar 2:23-28; Mar 3:1-5; St Luk 6:1-11.