Mark 2:23-28 (See also the Old Testament reading for the second Sunday after the Pentecost: Deuteronomy 5:12-15).

“The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.” God gave His people the Sabbath as a time of rest to remember the great

things He has done for us. In receiving Word and Sacrament, we find true Sabbath rest—Jesus Christ.