CHAPTER EXPLORER
Matthew 12
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50 verses in KJV · 583 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of Matthew 12 (KJV)
12:1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
12:2 But when the Pharisees saw [it], they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
12:3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
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Traditional writer attribution: Matthew
Approximate study chronology: c. AD 31
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