Bible verse
Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
Luke 6:3 · BSB
The verses around it, from Luke 6.
1 One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain, rub them in their hands, and eat them.
2 But some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you 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, took the consecrated bread and gave it to his companions, and ate what is lawful only for the priests to eat.”
5 Then Jesus declared, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
6 On another Sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered.
7 Looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, the scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.
KJV
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;
ASV
And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read even this, what David did, when he was hungry, he, and they that were with him;
ERV
And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read even this, what David did, when he was an hungred, he, and they that were with him;
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