Matthew 12:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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?

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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.
  • Luke 6:3 : 3 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;
  • 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?
  • 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 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 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 12:5 : 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,
  • 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:
  • Luke 10:26 : 26 And he said to him, What does the law say, in your reading of it?

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  • Luke 6:1-4
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    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?

    3 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;

    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?

  • Mark 2:23-27
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    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?

    27 And he said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;

  • Matt 12:4-5
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    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 12:1-2
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    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.

  • John 4:31-33
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    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?

  • Mark 11:12
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    12 And on the day after, when they had come out from Bethany, he was in need of food.

  • Mark 8:1-2
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    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;

  • Matt 12:9-12
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    9 And he went from there into their Synagogue:

    10 And there was a man with a dead hand. And they put a question to him, saying, Is it right to make a man well on the Sabbath day? so that they might have something against him.

    11 And he said to them, Which of you, having a sheep, if it gets into a hole on the Sabbath day, will not put out a helping hand and get it back?

    12 Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! For this reason it is right to do good on the Sabbath day.

  • Luke 9:12-13
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    12 And the day went on; and the twelve came to him and said, Send these people away so that they may go into the towns and the country round about and get resting-places and food for themselves, for we are in a waste place.

    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.

  • Luke 14:1
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    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.

  • Matt 22:43
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    43 He says to them, How then does David in the Spirit give him the name of Lord, saying,

  • Matt 15:33
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    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?

  • Mark 7:5
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    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?

  • Mark 3:4
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    4 And he said to them, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to put to death? But they said nothing.

  • Matt 9:11
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    11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master take food with tax-farmers and sinners?

  • Mark 3:20
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    20 And he went into a house. And the people came together again, so that they were not even able to take bread.

  • Mark 8:4
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    4 And his disciples said in answer, How will it be possible to get enough bread for these men here in a waste place?

  • Mark 8:16
    70%

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

  • Matt 15:2
    70%

    2 Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands.

  • Mark 6:36-37
    2 verses
    70%

    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?

  • Mark 12:35
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    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 5:33
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    33 And they said to him, The disciples of John frequently go without food, and make prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees; but your disciples take food and drink.

  • 2 Sam 3:35
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    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 16:7
    70%

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

  • Luke 14:3
    70%

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

  • Matt 16:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11 How is it that you do not see that I was not talking to you about bread, but about keeping away from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

    12 Then they saw that it was not the leaven of bread which he had in mind, but the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

  • Mark 2:16
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    16 And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was taking food with the tax-farmers and sinners, said to his disciples, Why does he take food and drink with such men?

  • Luke 24:43
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    43 And before their eyes he took a meal.

  • John 6:31
    69%

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

  • 1 Chr 12:39
    69%

    39 For three days they were there with David, feasting at his table, for their brothers had made ready food for them.

  • Matt 9:14
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    14 Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees frequently go without food, but your disciples do not?

  • Mark 7:2
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    2 And had seen that some of his disciples took their bread with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.