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
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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 →