1 Now on the second Sabbath after the first, Jesus was going through the grain fields. His disciples plucked the heads of grain and ate, rubbing them in their hands. 2 But some of the Pharisees said to them, “Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?”

3 Jesus, answering them, said, “Haven’t you read what David did when he was hungry, he, and those who were with him; 4 how he entered into God’s house, and took and ate the show bread, and gave also to those who were with him, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests alone?” 5 He said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

Luke 6:1-5 - World English Bible

In Luke 4:16-30, Jesus first preached on the Sabbath in his hometown of Nazareth. There, he faced controversy. After a week of calling disciples, proclaiming the Good News and healing others, he encountered another fight, this time a debate with the Pharisees over a point of the Law. As rural Jews, his disciples followed the Deuteronomy 23:25 loosely (“When you come into your neighbor’s standing grain, then you may pluck the ears with your hand; but you shall not move a sickle to your neighbor’s standing grain.”), while the Pharisees interpreted the verse as tightly as possible. Jesus gave an example from Scripture to defend his view of the prescription; the high priest gave the show bread reserved to his fellow priests to David and his men (1 Samuel 22:9-10). Then, to assert his place in the controversy, Jesus said something remarkable, “The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.” In other words, he, not the Pharisees, had the correct interpretation of the Law and, his word, not that of his opponents, con trolled behavior on the Lord's day.

How is Jesus the Lord of Sabbath in your life?