The orthodox saw that the students were plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath and they said, “That is not to be done on the Sabbath. We are forbidden to work on the Sabbath and yet you are plucking ears of corn. God established the Sabbath and commanded that its violation be punished by death.” Jesus heard this and said, “If you understood what these words of God mean, ‘I want love and not sacrifice,’ you would not be condemning them for something which bears no guilt. Man is more important than the Sabbath.”
