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At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on the Sabbath. And his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck off heads of grain and eat [them].[note: *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation]
But [when][note: *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("saw") which is understood as temporal] the Pharisees saw [it],[note: *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation] they said to him, "Behold, your disciples are doing what it is not permitted to do on the Sabbath!"