Luke 6:3

Jesus, answering them, said, “Haven’t you 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 do you do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?”

4how he entered into God’s house, and took and ate the show bread, and gave also to those who were with him, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests alone?”

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Cross References

1 Samuel 21:3Now therefore what is under your hand? Please give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever is available.”

Matthew 19:4He answered, “Haven’t you 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, ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes’?

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

Mark 12:26But about the dead, that they are raised, haven’t you read in the book of Moses about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘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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