Luke 6:3

Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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 asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful to do on the Sabbath?”

4He entered the house of God, took the consecrated bread and also gave it to his companions, and ate what is lawful only for the priests to eat.”

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Cross References

1 Samuel 21:3Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.”

Matthew 19:4Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’

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

Mark 2:25Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?

Mark 12:26But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, 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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