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Luke 6:1-5 CEV One Sabbath when Jesus and his disciples were walking through some wheat fields, the disciples picked some wheat. They rubbed the husks off with their hands and started eating the grain. (2) Some Pharisees said, "Why are you picking grain on the Sabbath? You're not supposed to do that!" (3) Jesus answered, "You surely have read what David did when he and his followers were hungry. (4) He went into the house of God and took the sacred loaves of bread that only priests were supposed to eat. He not only ate some himself, but even gave some to his followers." (5) Jesus finished by saying, "The Son of Man is Lord over the Sabbath."
Luke 6:1-5 ESV 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."
Luke 6:1-5 GNB Jesus was walking through some wheat fields on a Sabbath. His disciples began to pick the heads of wheat, rub them in their hands, and eat the grain. (2) Some Pharisees asked, "Why are you doing what our Law says you cannot do on the Sabbath?" (3) Jesus answered them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his men were hungry? (4) He went into the house of God, took the bread offered to God, ate it, and gave it also to his men. Yet it is against our Law for anyone except the priests to eat that bread." (5) And Jesus concluded, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
Luke 6:1-5 GW Once, on a day of worship, Jesus was walking through some grainfields. His disciples were picking the heads of grain, removing the husks, and eating the grain. (2) Some of the Pharisees asked, "Why are your disciples doing something that is not right to do on the day of worship?" (3) Jesus answered them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his men were hungry? (4) Haven't you read how he went into the house of God, ate the bread of the presence, and gave some of it to the men who were with him? He had no right to eat those loaves. Only the priests have that right." (5) Then he added, "The Son of Man has authority over the day of worship."
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The Translations we quote are:
ALT - Analytical Literal Translation
ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).
BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English
Bishops - 1568 Bishop's Bible
CEV - Contemporary English Version
Coverdale - 1535 Miles Coverdale Bible
Darby - 1889 Darby Bible
DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible
ESV - English Standard Version
GNB - Good News Bible
GW - God's Word Bible
ISV - International Standard Version
KJV - 1769 King James Version
KJV-1611 - Old King James Version from 1611
LitNT - Literal New Testament
LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
MKJV - 1962 Modern King James Version
Murdock - 1851 James Murdock New Testament
MWT - Modern World Translation
NWT - New World Translation
RV - Revised Version
Webster - 1833 Webster Bible
WTNT - 1525-26 William Tyndale New Testament
Wycliffe - 1394 Wycliffe Bible
YLT - 1862/1898 Young's Literal Translation
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