Jesus Christ himself used this incident to illustrate the impropriety of the unduly rigid application of the Sabbath law demanded by the Pharisaic interpretation of it. ​ — Matthew 12: 1 - 8.
Pats Jēzus Kristus vēlāk atsaucās uz šo gadījumu, lai ilustrētu, cik nepareizs ir nepamatoti stingrais sabata likuma traktējums, pie kura pieprasīja turēties farizeji.