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Luke 6:3
Jesus, answering them, said, “Haven’t you read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him,
Luke 6:3 · World English Bible
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, "Have not you read what David did when he was hungry, he, and those who were with him;
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In context
1 Now on the second Sabbath after the first, he was going through the grain fields. His disciples plucked the heads of grain and ate, rubbing them in their hands.
2 But some of the Pharisees said to them, “Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?”
3 Jesus, answering them, said, “Haven’t you read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him,
4 how he entered into God’s house, and took and ate the show bread, and gave also to those who were with him, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests alone?”
5 He said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”
6 It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and taught. There was a man there, and his right hand was withered.
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