Luke 6:3

So in answer to them Jesus said: “Have you not even read this, what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him:

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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 are you doing that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?”

4how he went into the house of God, took and ate the showbread, and even gave it to those with him—that which only the priests are allowed to eat?”

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Cross References

Matthew 19:4So in answer He said to them: “Have you never read that the Creator at the beginning made them a male and a female?

Matthew 21:42Jesus says to them: “Did you never read in the Scriptures: ‘A stone which the builders rejected, this one became the cornerstone. This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

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

Mark 12:26But concerning the dead, that they rise, have you not read in the book of Moses, about the Bush, 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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