New International Reader's Version

Matthew 12:1-4 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

1. One Sabbath day Jesus walked through the grainfields. His disciples were hungry. So they began to break off some heads of grain and eat them.

2. The Pharisees saw this. They said to Jesus, "Look! It is against the Law to do this on the Sabbath. But your disciples are doing it anyway!"

3. Jesus answered, "Haven't you read about what David did? He and his men were hungry.

4. So he entered the house of God. He and his men ate the holy bread. Only priests were allowed to eat it.