Matthew 12:1-3 About that time Jesus was walking through a grainfield on the Sabbath day. His disciples were hungry so began picking off some heads of grain to eat the kernels. Note: It was an accepted practice for people in that day to be permitted to do this as they walked along paths bordering a grainfield.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ About that time Jesus was walking through a grainfield on the Sabbath day. His disciples were hungry so began picking off some heads of grain to eat [the kernels]. [Note: It was an accepted practice for people in that day to be permitted to do this as they walked along paths bordering a grainfield]. ² But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law of Moses to do on a Sabbath day.” ³ Jesus replied, “Have you not read what King David did when he and his men were hungry? [I Sam. 21:6]