Matthew 12:3
But he said unto them, Have all of you not read what David did, when he was an hungered, and they that were with him;
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Leviticus 10:20And when Moses heard that, he was content.
Matthew 12:5Or have all of you not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
Matthew 21:16And said unto him, Hear you what these say? And Jesus says unto them, Yea; have all of you never read, Out of the mouth of babes and infants you have perfected praise?
Mark 2:25And he said unto them, Have all of you never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungered, he, and they that were with him?
Mark 12:26And as concerning the dead, that they rise: have all of you not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spoke unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
Luke 10:26He said unto him, What is written in the law? how read you?
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 →