Mark 2:25

And he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did, when he had need and was without food, he, and those who were with him?

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And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?

In Context

24And the Pharisees said to him, Why are they doing what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?

26How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

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Cross References

1 Samuel 21:3So now, if you have here five cakes of bread, give them into my hand, or whatever you have.

Matthew 21:16Have you any idea what these are saying? And Jesus said to them, Yes: have you not seen in the Writings, From the lips of children and babies at the breast you have made your praise complete?

Matthew 22:31But about the dead coming back to life, have you no knowledge of what was said to you by God in the Writings:

Mark 12:26But as to the dead coming back to life; have you not seen in the book of Moses, about the burning thorn-tree, how God said to him, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

Matthew Henry on Mark 2:19-28

The Hypocritical Rigour of the Pharisees. 18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? 19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. 21 No… Read the whole commentary →

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