Luke 6:3

Answering them, Jesus said, “Have you not even read what David did when he was hungry, he and the men 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;

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2But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing something that is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?”

4He went into the house of God, and took the bread of the presence and ate some of it, and also gave some to the men who were with him to eat, even though it was only lawful for the priests to eat it.”

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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 is here.”

Matthew 19:4Jesus answered and said, “Have you not read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female?

Matthew 21:42Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the scriptures, 1 'The stone which the builders rejected 1 has been made the cornerstone. 1 This was from the Lord, 1 and it is marvelous in our eyes'?

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

Mark 12:26But concerning the dead that are raised, have you not read in the Book of Moses, in the account about the bush, how God spoke to him and said, '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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