17 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
18 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
19 No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment; else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
20 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred; but new wine must be put into new bottles.
21 And it came to pass, that he went through the cornfields on the Sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
22 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do thy disciples on the Sabbath day that which is not lawful?
23 And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need and was an hungered, he, and they who were with him?
24 How he went into the house of God, in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shew bread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him.
25 And he said unto them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.
26 Wherefore the Sabbath was given unto man for a day of rest; and also that man should glorify God, and not that man should not eat;
27 For the Son of Man made the Sabbath day therefore the Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath.
