Matthew 12:3 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 12:3

But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;

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ASV

But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they that were with him;

WEB

Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

YLT

And he said to them, `Did ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, himself and those with him--

DBT

But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him?

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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16 verses on the floor

1 Samuel 21:3–6
Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
Matthew 9:13
But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Luke 6:3
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;
Mark 2:25–26
And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
Mark 12:10
And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:

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But he said unto them, Have ye not read--or, as Mark (Mr 2:25) has it, "Have ye never read." what David did when he was an hungered, and they that were with him-- (1Sa 21:1-6)

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

6 ) of David's eating the show-bread, which by the law was appropriated to the priest?" ( Lev. xxiv. It is most holy to Aaron and his sons; and ( Exod. xxix. 33 ) a stranger shall not eat of it; yet the priest gave it to David and his men; for though the exception of a case of necessity was not expressed, yet it was implied in that and all other ritual institutions.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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