Luke 6:3
And Jesus answering them, said: Have you not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was hungry, and they that were with him:
Douay-Rheims 1899
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In Context
2And some of the Pharisees said to them: Why do you that which is not lawful on the sabbath days?
Cross References
1 Samuel 21:3Now therefore if thou have any thing at hand, though it were but five loaves, give me, or whatsoever thou canst find.
Matthew 19:4Who answering, said to them: Have ye not read, that he who made man from the beginning, Made them male and female? And he said:
Matthew 21:42Jesus saith to them: Have you never read in the Scriptures: The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? By the Lord this has been done; and it is wonderful in our eyes.
Mark 2:25And he said to them: Have you never read what David did when he had need, and was hungry himself, and they that were with him?
Mark 12:26And as concerning the dead that they rise again, have you not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush 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 →