Luke 6:4

American Standard Version (1901)

how he entered into the house of God, and took and ate the showbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat save for the priests alone?

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  • Lev 24:5-9 : 5 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts [of an ephah] shall be in one cake. 6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before Jehovah. 7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be to the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. 8 Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before Jehovah continually; it is on the behalf of the children of Israel, an everlasting covenant. 9 And it shall be for Aaron and his sons; and they shall eat it in a holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire by a perpetual statute.

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  • Matt 12:1-5
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    95%

    1 At that season Jesus went on the sabbath day through the grainfields; and his disciples were hungry and began to pluck ears and to eat.

    2 But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do upon the sabbath.

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

    4 how he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them that were with him, but only for the priests?

    5 Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless?

  • Mark 2:23-27
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    23 And it came to pass, that he was going on the sabbath day through the grainfields; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears.

    24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

    25 And he said unto them, Did ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry, he, and they that were with him?

    26 How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the showbread, which it is not lawful to eat save for the priests, and gave also to them that were with him?

    27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

  • Luke 6:1-3
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    1 Now it came to pass on a sabbath, that he was going through the grainfields; and his disciples plucked the ears, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.

    2 But certain of the Pharisees said, Why do ye that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath day?

    3 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;

  • 6 So the priest gave him holy [bread] ; for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before Jehovah, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

  • 1 And it came to pass, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.

  • 43 And he took it, and ate before them.

  • 22 And as they were eating, he took bread, and when he had blessed, he brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take ye: this is my body.

  • 5 And the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with defiled hands?

  • 36 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.

  • 5 And he said unto them, The Son of man is lord of the sabbath.

  • John 6:31-32
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    31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.

    32 Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, It was not Moses that gave you the bread out of heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread out of heaven.

  • John 4:31-33
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    31 In the mean while the disciples prayed him, saying, Rabbi, eat.

    32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not.

    33 The disciples therefore said one to another, Hath any man brought him [aught] to eat?

  • 26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it; and he gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.

  • 16 And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and publicans, said unto his disciples, [How is it] that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?

  • 6 And he commandeth the multitude to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and having given thanks, he brake, and gave to his disciples, to set before them; and they set them before the multitude.

  • 20 And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

  • Mark 6:36-37
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    36 send them away, that they may go into the country and villages round about, and buy themselves somewhat to eat.

    37 But he answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred shillings' worth of bread, and give them to eat?

  • 11 Jesus therefore took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to them that were set down; likewise also of the fishes as much as they would.

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    11 How is it that ye do not perceive that I spake not to you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

    12 Then understood they that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

  • 13 But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more than five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy food for all this people.

  • 2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

  • 2 and had seen that some of his disciples ate their bread with defiled, that is, unwashen, hands.

  • 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Teacher with the publicans and sinners?

  • 30 And it came to pass, when he had sat down with them to meat, he took the bread and blessed; and breaking [it] he gave to them.

  • 5 Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude cometh unto him, saith unto Philip, Whence are we to buy bread, that these may eat?

  • 36 and he took the seven loaves and the fishes; and he gave thanks and brake, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.

  • 19 And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and gave to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.

  • 17 Now on the first [day] of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where wilt thou that we make ready for thee to eat the passover?

  • 22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy:

  • 16 And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake; and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

  • 9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of Jehovah in Jerusalem, but they did eat unleavened bread among their brethren.

  • 13 Jesus cometh, and taketh the bread, and giveth them, and the fish likewise.

  • 15 And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

  • 19 And he commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.

  • 58 This is the bread which came down out of heaven: not as the fathers ate, and died; he that eateth this bread shall live for ever.