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- Catholic Giving - About USCCB Picking Grain on the Sabbath. 1*
At that time Jesus was going through a field of grain on the
sabbath.a His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads*
of grain and eat them.b 2When the Pharisees saw this, they said
to him, “See, your disciples are doing what is unlawful to do on
the sabbath.” 3He said to them,* “Have you not read what Davidc
did when he and his companions were hungry, 4how he went into
the house of God and ate the bread of offering,d which neither
he nor his companions but only the priests could lawfully eat?
5* Or have you not read in the law that on the sabbath the
priests serving in the temple violate the sabbath and are
innocent?e 6I say to you, something greater than the temple is
here. 7* If you knew what this meant, ‘I desire mercy, not
sacrifice,’f you would not have condemned these innocent men. 8*
g For the Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath.” The Man with a
Withered Hand. 9h Movi