Luke 6:3

Jesus answered them, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him,

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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 said to them, “Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?”

4how he entered the house of God and took and ate the bread of the Presence, which is not lawful for anyone to eat except for the priests, and how he also gave it to those who were with him?”

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Cross References

Matthew 19:4He answered them, “Have you not read that he who made them from the beginning ‘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 was the Lord's doing, and it is amazing in our eyes’?

Mark 2:25He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he had need and was hungry, he and those who were with him,

Mark 12:26But as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God said to Moses, ‘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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