19. Jesus answered, "How can the guests of the groom go without eating while he is with them? They will not fast as long as he is with them.
20. But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them. On that day they will go without eating.
21. "People don't sew a patch of new cloth on old clothes. If they do, the new piece will pull away from the old. That will make the tear worse.
22. People don't pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the wine will burst the skins. Then the wine and the wineskins will both be destroyed. No, everyone pours new wine into new wineskins."
23. One Sabbath day Jesus was walking with his disciples through the grainfields. The disciples began to break off some heads of grain.
24. The Pharisees said to Jesus, "Look! It is against the Law to do this on the Sabbath. Why are your disciples doing it?"
25. He answered, "Haven't you ever read about what David did? He and his men were hungry. They needed food.
26. It was when Abiathar was high priest. David entered the house of God and ate the holy bread. Only priests were allowed to eat it. David also gave some to his men."
27. Then Jesus said to them, "The Sabbath day was made for man. Man was not made for the Sabbath day.