Luke 6:1

God's Word

Once, on a day of rest—a holy day, Jesus was walking through some grainfields. His disciples were picking the heads of grain, removing the husks, and eating the grain.

Cross References

Exodus 12:15

For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the very first day you must remove any yeast that you have in your houses. Whoever eats anything with yeast in it from the first day through the seventh day must be excluded from Israel.

Leviticus 23:15

“Count seven full weeks from the day after Passover (the day you bring the bundle of grain as an offering presented to the Lord)

Leviticus 23:7

On the first day there will be a holy assembly. Don’t do any regular work.

Luke 5:39

“No one who has been drinking old wine wants new wine. He says, ‘The old wine is better!’ ”

Luke 6:6

On another day of rest—a holy day, Jesus went into a synagogue to teach. A man whose right hand was paralyzed was there.

Deuteronomy 16:9

Count seven weeks from the time you start harvesting grain.

Deuteronomy 23:25

If you go into your neighbor’s grain field, you may pick grain by hand. But never use a sickle to cut your neighbor’s grain.