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# Connecting Statement:
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Jesus gives the Pharisees an example from scripture to show why the disciples were not wrong to pick grain on the Sabbath.
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# pick heads of grain ... doing something that is not lawful on the Sabbath day
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Plucking grain in others' fields and eating it was not considered stealing. The question was whether it was lawful to do this on the Sabbath.
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# pick heads of grain
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The disciples picked the heads of grain to eat them. This can be worded to show the full meaning. AT: "pick and eat heads of grain" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# heads of grain
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This is the topmost part of the wheat plant, which is a kind of tall grass. It holds the mature grain or seeds of the plant.
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# Look, why are they doing something that is not lawful on the Sabbath day?
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The Pharisees ask Jesus a question to condemn him. This can be translated as a statement. AT: "Look! They are breaking the Jewish law concerning the Sabbath." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# Look
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"Look at this" or "Listen." This is a word used to get the attention of someone to show them something. If there is a word in your language that is used to draw a person's attention to something, you could use that here. |