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Mark 2:23-26 Good News Bible Catholic Edition (GNBDK)

23. Jesus was walking through some cornfields on the Sabbath. As his disciples walked along with him, they began to pick the ears of corn.

24. So the Pharisees said to Jesus, “Look, it is against our Law for your disciples to do that on the Sabbath!”

25. Jesus answered, “Have you never read what David did that time when he needed something to eat? He and his men were hungry,

26. so he went into the house of God and ate the bread offered to God. This happened when Abiathar was the High Priest. According to our Law only the priests may eat this bread — but David ate it and even gave it to his men.”

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