Luke 6:3

But Jesus answering them said, “Have you not even read this, what David did when he became hungry, he and those who were with him:

English Majority Text (NT)

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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;

In Context

2But some of the Pharisees said to them, “Why do you do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?”

4how he entered into the house of God, took and ate the showbread, and also gave some to those with him, which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat?”

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Cross References

Matthew 19:4And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘ made them male and female,’

Matthew 21:42Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: 1 ‘ The stone which the builders rejected 1 has become the chief cornerstone. 1 This was the Lord's doing, 1 and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

Mark 2:25But He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need, and became hungry, he and those with him?

Mark 12:26But concerning the dead, that they rise, have you not read in the book of Moses, in connection with the burning bush passage, 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 →

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