Luke 6:1 Douay-Rheims

And it came to pass on the second first sabbath, that as he went through the corn fields, his disciples plucked the ears, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.

Ambrose of Milan

A.D. 339–397 Patristic

Not only in the form of expression, but in His very practice and mode of action, did the Lord begin to absolve man from the observance of the old law. Hence it is said, And it came to pass that he went through the corn fields, &c.

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A.D. 397 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 6:1-5

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