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- 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: en:ta:vol1: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.”