Old Testament (New King James Version)

The Book of Amos: Chapter: 8:4-6

Hear this, you who swallow up the needy,
And make the poor of the land fail,


Saying: "When will the New Moon be past,
That we may sell grain?
And the Sabbath,
That we may trade wheat?
Making the ephah small and the shekel large,
Falsifying the scales by deceit,


That we may buy the poor for silver,
And the needy for a pair of sandals--
Even sell the bad wheat?"


New Testament (New King James Version)

The Gospel According to Mark: Chapter 2:23-28

Now it happened that He went through the grainfields on the Sabbath; and as they went His disciples began to pluck the heads of grain. And the Pharisees said to Him, "Look, why do they do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?" But He said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and those with him: how he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the showbread, which is not lawful to eat, except for the priests, and also gave some to those who were with him?" And He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. Therefore the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath."