Matthew 12:3

But He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he became hungry, he and those who were with him:

English Majority Text (NT)

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

2But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!”

4how they entered the house of God, and ate the showbread which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, except only for the priests?

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Cross References

Matthew 12:5Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?

Matthew 21:16and said to Him, “Do You hear what these children are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read, ‘ Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have perfected praise’?”

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’?

Luke 10:26He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?”

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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