Luke 6:3

Jesus replied, and said to them: Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, he and those with him?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 said to them: Why do ye that, which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath?

4How he entered into the house of God, and took and ate the bread of the Lord's table, and gave it to those that were with him; which it was not lawful, except for the priests only, to eat?

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Cross References

Matthew 19:4And he answered and said to them: Have ye not read, that he who made them at the beginning, made them a male and a female?

Matthew 21:42Jesus said to them: Have ye never read in the scripture, The stone which the builders rejected, hath become the head of the corner: this is from the Lord; and it is marvellous in our eyes?

Mark 2:25Jesus said to them: Have ye never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and his attendants?

Mark 12:26But concerning the dead, that they rise, have ye not read in a book of Moses, how God said to him from the bush: 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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