“It goes on: And he said to them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath. For greater is the care to be taken of the health and life of a man, than the keeping of the sabbath. Therefore the sabbath was ordered to be observed in such a way, that, if there were a necessity, he should not be guilty, who…”
Bede, 8th c. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
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27And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
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25And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
26How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
— Mark 2:27 —
28Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.