2:23 Jesus ¹  was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples began to pick some heads of wheat ²  as they made their way. 2:24 So ³  the Pharisees ⁴  said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?” 2:25 He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry – 2:26 how he entered the house of God when Abiathar was high priest ⁵  and ate the sacred bread, ⁶  which is against the law ⁷  for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to his companions?” ⁸  2:27 Then ⁹  he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for people, ¹⁰  not people for the Sabbath. 2:28 For this reason the Son of Man is lord ¹¹  even of the Sabbath.”