Luke 6:3

"Have you never read," answered Jesus, "what David did when he and his followers were hungry?

Montgomery New Testament

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

2And some of the Pharisees asked, "Why are you doing what it is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?"

4"How he entered into God’s house and took and ate the Presented Loaves, and gave some to his followers, loaves which none must eat but the priests?

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Cross References

Matthew 19:4"Have you not read." he answered, "that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said,

Matthew 21:42"Have you never read in the Scriptures," Jesus answered, "how The stone that the builders rejected Has been made the corner-stone; This is the Lord’s doing, It is wonderful in our eyes?

Mark 2:25He answered them. "Have you never read what David did when he was needy and hungry, he and his men?

Mark 12:26But in regard to the rising again of the dead, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, "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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