Luke 6:3

And Jesus answered and said to them: Have you not read even that which David did, when he was hungry himself, and those who were with him,

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;

In Context

2And some of the Pharisees said to them: Why are you doing what it is not lawful to do on the sabbath-days?

4that he entered the house of God, and took the loaves of the presence, and ate, and gave to those also who were with him, which it is not lawful, except for the priests alone, to eat?

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Cross References

Matthew 19:4He answered and said to them: Have you not read that the Creator, at the beginning, created them male and female,

Matthew 21:42Jesus said to them: Did you never read in the Scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner?

Mark 2:25And 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?

Mark 12:26But concerning the dead, that they do rise, have you not read in the book of Moses, at The Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

Matthew Henry on Luke 6:2-12

Works of Mercy Suited to the Sabbath. 1 And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. 2 And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days? 3 And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him; 4 How he went into the house of God, and did… Read the whole commentary →

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