## Look, why are they doing something that is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day? ##

"Look! They are breaking the Jewish law concerning the Sabbath." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

## pick heads of grain and eat it. ....doing something that is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day ##

Plucking grain in others' fields and eating it was not considered stealing (see UDB). The question was whether one could do this otherwise lawful activity on the Sabbath.

## it ##

the heads of grain

## heads of grain ##

This is the topmost part of the wheat plant, which is a kind of large grass. It holds the mature grain or seeds of the plant.

## Look ##

Alternative translation: “Pay attention to what I am about to tell you.”