Matthew 12:3
But Jesus said to them, “Have you never read what David did, when he was hungry, and the men who were with him?
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Leviticus 10:20When Moses heard that, he was satisfied.
Matthew 12:5Have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath but are guiltless?
Matthew 21:16They said to him, “Do you hear what they are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes! But have you never read, 'Out of the mouths of little children and nursing infants you have prepared praise'?”
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'?
Luke 10:26Jesus 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 →