6 1 One Sabbath he was going through the cornfields, and his disciples were plucking the ears of corn, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them. 6 2 Some of the Pharisees said, 'Why are you doing what is forbidden on the Sabbath?' 6 3 Jesus answered, 'So you have not read what David did when he and his men were hungry? 6 4 He went into the House of God and took the consecrated loaves to eat and gave them to his men, though priests alone are allowed to eat them, and no one else.' 6 5 He also said, 'The Son of Man is sovereign even over the Sabbath.'