Luke 6:3
And Jesus answering said to them, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did when he hungered, he and those who were with him,
Darby Translation
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In Context
2But some of the Pharisees said to them, Why do ye what is not lawful to do on the sabbath?
Cross References
1 Samuel 21:3And now what is under thy hand? give me five loaves in my hand, or what may be found.
Matthew 19:4But he answering said [to them], Have ye not read that he who made [them], from the beginning made them male and female,
Matthew 21:42Jesus says to them, Have ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone: this is of [the] Lord, and it is wonderful in our eyes?
Mark 2:25And *he* said to them, Have ye never read what David did when he had need and hungered, *he* and those with him,
Mark 12:26But concerning the dead that they rise, have ye not read in the book of Moses, in [the section of] 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 →