Matthew 12:3

And he said to them: Have ye not read what David did, when he hungered, himself and those with him;

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;

In Context

2And the Pharisees seeing it said to him: Behold, thy disciples are doing that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath.

4how he entered into the house of God, and ate the show-bread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but for the priests alone?

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Cross References

Matthew 12:5Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

Matthew 21:16and said to him: Dost thou hear what these say? And Jesus says to them: Yea; did ye never read: From the mouth of babes and sucklings thou preparedst praise?

Mark 2:25And he said to them: Did ye never read what David did, when he had need and hungered, himself and they who were with him;

Mark 12:26And concerning the dead, that they rise, have ye not read in the book of Moses, at The Bush, how God spoke to him, saying: I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

Luke 10:26He 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 →

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