Matthew 12:3
Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
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- 1 Samuel 21:3–5 Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.” “There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread — provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.” David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the bodies of the young men are holy even on common missions. How much more so today!”
- Luke 6:3 Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
- Mark 2:25–26 Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? During the high priesthood of Abiathar, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which was lawful only for the priests. And he gave some to his companions as well.”