Matthew 12:3
But he said to them: Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him:
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Leviticus 10:20Which when Moses had heard he was satisfied.
Matthew 12:5Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple break the sabbath, and are without blame?
Matthew 21:16And said to him: Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus said to them: Yea, have you never read: Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
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?
Luke 10:26But he said to him: What is written in the law? how readest thou?
Matthew Henry on Matthew 12:2-14
Christ Vindicates His Disciples. 1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. 3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him; 4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the showbread, which was not lawful for him… Read the whole commentary →