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A pictorial commentary on the Gospel according to Mark : with the text of the Authorized and Revised versions . have done. 24. that which is not lawfid] They did not accuse them of theft, for theLaw allowed what they were doing (Deut. xxiii, 25), but of profaning theSabbath. The Law, of course, forbade reaping and threshing on that day, but the Rabbis had decided that even to pluck corn was to be construed asreaping, and to rub it as threshing. They even forbade walking on grass asa species of threshing, and would not allow so much as a fruit to be pluckedfrom a tree on that day. See Lightfoot, Hor. Heb., in Matt, xii, 2. 25. pe never read] With a gentleirony he adopts one of the favoriteformulas of their own Rabbis, and in-quires if they had never read whatDavid, their favorite hero, had donewhen flying from Saul. He came tothe high priest at Nob, and enteredthe Tabernacle, and ate of the hal-lowed bread (1 Sam. xxi, 1-9), ofthe twelve cakes of fine flour, which no stranger might eat. IfDavid is justified in relaxing some ofthe strictness of Gods laws, in caseof necessity, much more may Christ, . TABLE OF SHEW BREAD. the head of the Church, do so in regard to the sabbath. 46 A PICTORIAL COMMENTARY [MaekII, 2&-III, 1. Authorized Version, 26 How he went into the house of God in thedays of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat theehewbread, which is not lawful to eat but forthe priests, and gave also to them which werewith him? 27 And he said unto them, The sabbath wasmade tor man, and not man for the sabbath: 28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also ofthe sabbath. CHAP. III.—And he entered again into thesynagogue; and there was a man therewhich had a withered hand. Revised Version. 26 How he entered into the house of God ^ whenAbiathar was high priest, and did eat theshewbread, which it is not lawful to eat savefor the priests, and gave also to them that 27 were with him? And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man 28 for the sabbath: so that the Son