Luke 6:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Jesus said, Have you not seen in the Writings what David did when he was in need of food, he, and those who were with him;

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  • 1 Sam 21:3-6 : 3 So now, if you have here five cakes of bread, give them into my hand, or whatever you have. 4 And the priest, answering David, said, I have no common bread here but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women. 5 And David in answer said to the priest, Certainly women have been kept from us; and as has been done before when I have gone out the arms of the young men were made holy, even though it was a common journey; how much more today will their arms be made holy. 6 So the priest gave him the holy bread: there was no other, only the holy bread which had been taken from before the Lord, so that new bread might be put in its place on the day when it was taken away.
  • Matt 21:16 : 16 Have you any idea what these are saying? And Jesus said to them, Yes: have you not seen in the Writings, From the lips of children and babies at the breast you have made your praise complete?
  • Mark 2:25-26 : 25 And he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did, when he had need and was without food, he, and those who were with him? 26 How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?
  • Mark 12:10 : 10 Have you not seen this which is in the Writings: The stone which the builders put on one side, the same was made the chief stone of the building:
  • Mark 12:26 : 26 But as to the dead coming back to life; have you not seen in the book of Moses, about the burning thorn-tree, how God said to him, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
  • Matt 21:42 : 42 Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?
  • Matt 22:31 : 31 But about the dead coming back to life, have you no knowledge of what was said to you by God in the Writings:
  • Matt 12:3-5 : 3 But he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did when he had need of food, and those who were with him? 4 How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread which it was not right for him or for those who were with him to take, but only for the priests? 5 Or is it not said in the law, how the Sabbath is broken by the priests in the Temple and they do no wrong?
  • Matt 19:4 : 4 And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 12:1-5
    5 verses
    94%

    1 At that time Jesus went through the fields on the Sabbath day; and his disciples, being in need of food, were taking the heads of grain.

    2 But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, See, your disciples do that which it is not right to do on the Sabbath.

    3 But he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did when he had need of food, and those who were with him?

    4 How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread which it was not right for him or for those who were with him to take, but only for the priests?

    5 Or is it not said in the law, how the Sabbath is broken by the priests in the Temple and they do no wrong?

  • Mark 2:23-26
    4 verses
    91%

    23 And it came about that on the Sabbath day he was going through the grain-fields; and while they were walking, his disciples took the heads of grain.

    24 And the Pharisees said to him, Why are they doing what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?

    25 And he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did, when he had need and was without food, he, and those who were with him?

    26 How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

  • Luke 6:4-5
    2 verses
    84%

    4 How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

    5 And he said, The Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.

  • Luke 6:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1 Now it came about that on the Sabbath he was going through the fields of grain, and his disciples took the heads of the grain for food, crushing them in their hands.

    2 But some of the Pharisees said, Why do you do what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?

  • Mark 6:35-38
    4 verses
    74%

    35 And at the end of the day, his disciples came to him and said, This place is waste land, and it is late:

    36 Send them away, so that they may go into the country and small towns round about, and get some food for themselves.

    37 But he said to them in answer, Give them food yourselves. And they said to him, Are we to go and get bread for two hundred pence, and give it to them?

    38 And he said to them, How much bread have you? go and see. And when they had seen, they said, Five cakes of bread and two fishes.

  • John 4:31-33
    3 verses
    74%

    31 While this was taking place, the disciples were saying to Jesus, Master, take some food.

    32 But he said to them, I have food of which you have no knowledge.

    33 So the disciples said one to another, Did anyone give him food?

  • John 6:31
    74%

    31 Our fathers had the manna in the waste land, as the Writings say, He gave them bread from heaven.

  • Mark 8:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 In those days again, when there was a great mass of people and they had no food, he made his disciples come to him and said to them,

    2 I have pity for these people because they have been with me now three days, and have no food;

  • Mark 8:4
    73%

    4 And his disciples said in answer, How will it be possible to get enough bread for these men here in a waste place?

  • John 6:5
    73%

    5 Lifting up his eyes, Jesus saw a great number of people coming to where he was, and he said to Philip, Where may we get bread for all these people?

  • Luke 9:13
    72%

    13 But he said, Give them food yourselves. And they said, We have only five cakes of bread and two fishes, if we do not go and get food for all these people.

  • John 6:26
    72%

    26 Jesus, answering them, said, Truly I say to you, You come after me, not because you saw signs, but because you were given the bread and had enough.

  • 2 Sam 3:35
    72%

    35 And the people came to make David take food, while it was still day, but David with an oath said, May God's punishment be on me if I take a taste of bread or any other thing till the sun has gone down!

  • Matt 15:33
    72%

    33 And the disciples say to him, How may we get enough bread in a waste place, to give food to such a number of people?

  • Matt 16:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7 And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, We took no bread.

    8 And Jesus, seeing it, said, O you of little faith, why are you reasoning among yourselves, because you have no bread?

  • Mark 8:16
    72%

    16 And they said to one another, We have no bread.

  • Mark 6:31
    72%

    31 And he said to them, Come away by yourselves to a quiet place, and take a rest for a time. Because there were a great number coming and going, and they had no time even for food.

  • Luke 14:3
    72%

    3 And Jesus, answering, said to the scribes and Pharisees, Is it right to make people well on the Sabbath or not?

  • Matt 22:43
    71%

    43 He says to them, How then does David in the Spirit give him the name of Lord, saying,

  • 1 Sam 21:6
    71%

    6 So the priest gave him the holy bread: there was no other, only the holy bread which had been taken from before the Lord, so that new bread might be put in its place on the day when it was taken away.

  • Matt 4:2
    71%

    2 And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it.

  • Mark 3:20
    71%

    20 And he went into a house. And the people came together again, so that they were not even able to take bread.

  • John 6:11
    71%

    11 Then Jesus took the cakes and having given praise to God, he gave them to the people who were seated, and the fishes in the same way, as much as they had need of.

  • Mark 11:12
    71%

    12 And on the day after, when they had come out from Bethany, he was in need of food.

  • Matt 4:4
    71%

    4 But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.

  • Mark 12:35
    71%

    35 And Jesus, when he was teaching in the Temple, said, How do the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?

  • Luke 14:1
    71%

    1 And it came about that when he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees on the Sabbath, to have a meal, they were watching him.

  • Zech 7:6
    71%

    6 And when you are feasting and drinking, are you not doing it only for yourselves?

  • Matt 14:16
    71%

    16 But Jesus said to them, There is no need for them to go away; give them food yourselves.

  • Mark 7:5
    71%

    5 And the Pharisees and the scribes put the question to him, Why do your disciples not keep the rules of the fathers, but take their bread with unwashed hands?

  • Luke 4:4
    70%

    4 And Jesus made answer to him, It has been said in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need.

  • Luke 24:43
    70%

    43 And before their eyes he took a meal.

  • Luke 6:9
    70%

    9 And Jesus said, I put the question to you, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to take it away?

  • John 21:5
    70%

    5 So Jesus said to them, Children, have you taken any fish? They made answer, No.