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Matthew 12:3
Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
Matthew 12:3 · Berean Standard Bible
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Matthew 12:3 in other translations
But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
But he said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him:
But he said to them, "Have not you read what David did, when he was hungry, he and his companions;
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In context
1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.
2 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”
3 Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
4 He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.
5 Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are innocent?
6 But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.
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