Mark 2:24

“And the Pharisees said unto him, etc..] To Christ, the same they said to his disciples, (<420602>Luke 6:2). Behold, why do they on the sabbath day, that which is not lawful? see how they pluck the ears of corn and rub them, and eat things, which by the law, especially by the traditions of the elders, were not lawful to be done on the sabbath day; (see Gill on “<401202>Matthew 12:2”).”

“See Matthew 12:1-8. The cornfields - The fields sown with wheat or barley. The word “corn,” in the Bible, refers only to grain of that kind, and never to “maize” or “Indian corn.” To pluck the ears of corn - They were hungry, Matthew 12:1. They therefore gathered the wheat or barley as they walked and rubbed it in their hands to shell it, and thus to satisfy their appetite. Though our Lord was with them, and though he had all things at his control, yet he suffered them to resort to this method of supplying their wants. When Jesus, thus “with” his disciples, suffered them to be “poor,” we may learn that poverty is not disgraceful; that God often suffers it for the good of his people; and that…”

“why: Mar 2:7, Mar 2:16; Mat 7:3-5, Mat 15:2, Mat 15:3, Mat 23:23, Mat 23:24; Heb 12:3 that: Exo 20:10, Exo 31:15, Exo 35:2, Exo 35:3; Num 15:32-36; Neh 13:15-22; Isa 56:2, Isa 56:4, Isa 56:6; Isa 58:13; Jer 17:20-27 Mark 2:25”