Luke 6:3

Jesus’ answer was: “Have not you read even of what David did, when he was hungry, he and his companions —

Twentieth Century 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

2“Why are you doing what it is not allowable to do on the Sabbath?” asked some of the Pharisees.

4That he went into the House of God, and took the consecrated bread and ate it, and gave some to his companions, though only the priests are allowed to eat it?”

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Cross References

Matthew 19:4“Have not you read,” replied Jesus, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’

Matthew 21:42Then Jesus added: “Have you never read in the Scriptures? — ‘The very stone which the builders despised — Has now itself become the corner-stone; This corner-stone has come from the Lord, and is marvellous in our eyes.’

Mark 2:25“Have you never read,” answered Jesus, “what David did when he was in want and hungry, he and his companions —

Mark 12:26“As to the dead, and the fact that they rise, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the Bush, how God spoke to him thus — ‘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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