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Matthew 12:3
But he said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him:
Matthew 12:3 · World English 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;
Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
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 on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.
2 But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, “Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”
3 But he said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him:
4 how he entered into God’s house and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?
5 Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?
6 But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.
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