Mark 2:23-28
“It happened that he was going on the Sabbath day through the grainfields, and his disciples, as they went, began to pluck the heads of grain. The Pharisees said to him, “Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?” He said to them, “Did you never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry—he, and those who were with him; how he entered into God’s house when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the show bread, which it is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?” He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath; therefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.””
This passage from the Gospel of Mark describes an encounter where Jesus's disciples pluck grain to eat on the Sabbath, drawing criticism from the Pharisees. Jesus responds by citing an Old Testament example and making a significant statement about the purpose of the Sabbath.
What does it mean for a religious law or custom to serve humanity, rather than humanity serving the law?