Luke 6:3
And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read even this, what David did, when he was hungry, he, and they that were with him;
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In Context
2But certain of the Pharisees said, Why do ye that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath day?
Cross References
1 Samuel 21:3Now therefore what is under thy hand? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatsoever there is present.
Matthew 19:4And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made [them] from the beginning made them male and female,
Matthew 21:42Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner; This was from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes?
Mark 2:25And he said unto them, Did ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry, he, and they that were with him?
Mark 12:26But as touching the dead, that they are raised; have ye not read in the book of Moses, in [the place concerning] the Bush, how God spake unto 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 →