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Luke 6:3
And Jesus said, Have you not seen in the Writings what David did when he was in need of food, he, and those who were with him;
Luke 6:3 · Bible in Basic English
Luke 6:3 in other translations
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;
Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
Jesus, answering them, said, “Haven’t you read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him,
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In context
1 Now it came about that on the Sabbath he was going through the fields of grain, and his disciples took the heads of the grain for food, crushing them in their hands.
2 But some of the Pharisees said, Why do you do what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?
3 And Jesus said, Have you not seen in the Writings what David did when he was in need of food, he, and those who were with him;
4 How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?
5 And he said, The Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.
6 And it came about, on another Sabbath, that he went into the Synagogue and was teaching there. And a man was there whose right hand was dead.
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