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Day 12 of 90 · 90 Days Through the Gospels

At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.

When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”

Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

CONTEXT

Original word: στάχυας (stáchys) · a head of grain (as standing out from the stalk)

REFLECTION

Each Gospel tells the same good news from its own angle. What does Matthew 12:1 emphasise?

PRAYER

Thank you, Jesus, for coming to us. Help me follow you. Amen.

QUESTION

How do people respond to Jesus here?

ONE ACTION TODAY

Read the chapter again tonight and underline one verse.

Reflections are drafts awaiting pastoral review.

Source

The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible (BSB). Public domain (dedicated to the public domain by BSB Publishing as of April 30, 2023). Source: eBible.org (engbsb). Editorial rendering: in this app the divine name "Yahweh" is displayed and read aloud as "God" (and "Yahweh God" as "God"). The stored text and the imported source are unchanged; this is a display-layer substitution, not part of the translation.