23 Then it so happened that Yeshua and his followers passed through some fields of grain on some days of rest. As they went through, they plucked off some heads of grain,[ref] 24 and some members of the Pharisee party said, “Hey, it’s breaking the law to harvest grain on a rest day!”

25 “You’ve read yourselves,” Yeshua replied, “what David did when he and his men were hungry. 26 They went into God’s tent and ate the sacred bread representing God’s presence. Only the priests were allowed to eat that, and yet David even gave some to his companions!”[ref] 27 Then he told the Pharisees, “The days of rest were created for people, not people for the rest days. 28 So I, the son of humanity, have authority also over the day of rest.”