Mark 2:25

And he said to them: “Have you never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, both he and those who were with him?

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In The King James Version

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

24But the Pharisees said to him, “Behold, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbaths?”

26How he went into the house of God, under the high priest Abiathar, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful to eat, except for the priests, and how he gave it to those who were with him?”

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Cross References

1 Samuel 21:3Now therefore, if you have anything at hand, even five loaves of bread, or whatever you may find, give it to me.”

Matthew 21:16And they said to him, “Do you hear what these ones are saying?” But Jesus said to them, “Certainly. Have you never read: For out of the mouth of babes and infants, you have perfected praise?”

Matthew 22:31But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken by God, saying to you:

Mark 12:26But concerning the dead who rise again, have you not read in the book of Moses, how God spoke to him from the bush, saying: ‘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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