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Matthew 12:1

At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.

KJV

Ἐν ἐκείνῳ τῷ καιρῷ ἐπορεύθη ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοῖς σάββασιν διὰ τῶν σπορίμων· οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπείνασαν, καὶ ἤρξαντο τίλλειν στάχυας καὶ ἐσθίειν.

Greek NT

In illo tempore abiit Jesus per sata sabbato : discipuli autem ejus esurientes cœperunt vellere spicas, et manducare.

Vulgate

At that season Jesus went on the sabbath day through the grainfields; and his disciples were hungry and began to pluck ears and to eat.

ASV

At that time Jesus went through the corn on the sabbath: and his disciples being hungry, began to pluck the ears, and to eat.

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In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καιρός
kairos
noun · 85×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
πεινάω
peinao
verb · 23×
πορεύομαι
poreuomai
verb · 155×
σάββατον
sabbaton
noun · 68×
σπόριμος
sporimos
adjective · 3×
στάχυς
stachus
noun · 5×
τίλλω
tillo
verb · 3×
ἄρχομαι
archomai
verb · 85×
ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
demonstrative · 240×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐσθίω
esthio
verb · 65×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

2. Afterwards again He refutes it in another way also. For as at first He brought in David, by the dignity of the person quelling their pride; so when He had stopped their mouths, and had put down their boasting, then He adds also the more appropriate refutation. And of what sort is this? Do you not know, that in the temple the priests profane the Sabbath, and are blameless? Ma…
1. Great is shown to be in all things the gain of humility. Thus it is that we have brought arts to perfection, not by learning them all at once from our teachers; it is thus that we have built cities, putting them together slowly, little by little; it is thus that we maintain our life. And marvel not if the thing has so much power in matters pertaining to this life, when in sp…

Cross-references

  • Acts 10:10 — And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
  • Deut 23:25 — When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour’s standing corn.
  • Deut 23:25 — When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour’s standing corn.
  • John 9:14 — And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
  • Luke 6:1 — And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
  • Luke 6:1 — And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
  • Mark 2:23 — And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
  • Mark 2:23 — And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
  • Matt 21:18 — Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.