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Matthew 12:3

But he said to them, Have you not read what David did when he hungered, and they who were with him?

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;

In Context

2But when the Pharishee saw them, they say to him, Look, thy disciples do something which is not lawful to be done on the sabbath.

4how he went to the house of Aloha, and the bread of the table of the Lord did he eat,-that which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for them who were with him, but for the priests only?

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Cross References

Matthew 12:5Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple profane the sabbath in it, and are without blame?

Matthew 21:16saying to him, Hearest thou what these say? Jeshu saith to them, Yes: have ye not read, that from the mouth of children and of babes thou hast prepared praise?

Mark 2:25Jeshu saith to them, Have you never read what David did, when he needed and was hungry, he, and they (who were) with him?

Mark 12:26But concerning the dead, that they rise: have you not read in the book of Musha, how from the bush Aloha said to him, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Ishok, and the God of Jacub?

Luke 10:26But Jeshu said to him, In the law how is it written, how readest thou?

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 →

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