New Century Version

Matthew 12:1-4 New Century Version (NCV)

1. At that time Jesus was walking through some fields of grain on a Sabbath day. His followers were hungry, so they began to pick the grain and eat it.

2. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Jesus, “Look! Your followers are doing what is unlawful to do on the Sabbath day.”

3. Jesus answered, “Have you not read what David did when he and the people with him were hungry?

4. He went into God’s house, and he and those with him ate the holy bread, which was lawful only for priests to eat.