Matthew 12:3

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He said to them, 'Have you not read what David did when he and those with him were hungry?

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  • 1 Sam 21:3-6 : 3 David answered Ahimelech the priest, 'The king has given me an assignment and said to me, "Let no one know anything about the mission I am sending you on and what I have instructed you." I have also told my young men to meet me at a certain place. 4 Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread or whatever you can find.' 5 The priest answered David, 'I don’t have any ordinary bread on hand; however, there is consecrated bread—if the young men have kept themselves from women.' 6 David replied to the priest, 'Indeed women have been kept away from us, as usual whenever I set out. The bodies of the young men are holy even on ordinary missions, and all the more today.'
  • Luke 6:3 : 3 Jesus answered them, "Have you not even read what David did when he and those with him were hungry?
  • Mark 2:25-26 : 25 Jesus said to them, 'Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? 26 'He entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat. He also gave some to his companions.'
  • Matt 21:16 : 16 They said to him, 'Do you hear what these children are saying?' Jesus replied, 'Yes, have you never read: Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babies, you have prepared praise?'
  • Mark 12:26 : 26 Regarding the dead being raised—have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?
  • Matt 22:31 : 31 And concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:
  • Matt 12:5 : 5 Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath, the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and are innocent?
  • Matt 19:4 : 4 He answered, "Have you not read that the Creator, from the beginning, made them male and female?"
  • Mark 12:10 : 10 Have you not read this Scripture: 'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.'?
  • Luke 10:26 : 26 He asked him, 'What is written in the Law? How do you read it?'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 6:1-4
    4 verses
    94%

    1One Sabbath, while Jesus was walking through the grain fields, His disciples began picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.

    2Some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?"

    3Jesus answered them, "Have you not even read what David did when he and those with him were hungry?

    4"He entered the house of God, took the bread of the Presence, ate it, and gave some to those with him, which is not lawful for anyone to eat but the priests alone."

  • Mark 2:23-27
    5 verses
    93%

    23One Sabbath, as Jesus was walking through the grainfields, his disciples began to pluck some heads of grain as they went along.

    24The Pharisees said to Jesus, 'Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?

    25Jesus said to them, 'Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?

    26'He entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat. He also gave some to his companions.'

    27Then he said to them, 'The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.'

  • Matt 12:4-5
    2 verses
    85%

    4How he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for him or those with him to eat, but only for the priests?

    5Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath, the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and are innocent?

  • Matt 12:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1At that time, Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples became hungry and began to pick heads of grain and eat them.

    2But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, 'Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.'

  • John 4:31-33
    3 verses
    74%

    31Meanwhile, the disciples were urging him, saying, "Rabbi, eat something."

    32But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you do not know about."

    33So the disciples said to one another, "Could someone have brought him something to eat?"

  • Mark 11:12
    73%

    12The next day, as they were leaving Bethany, he was hungry.

  • Mark 8:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1During those days, a very large crowd gathered, and since they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him and said to them,

    2I feel compassion for the crowd because they have already been with me for three days and have nothing to eat.

  • Matt 12:9-12
    4 verses
    72%

    9Departing from there, He went into their synagogue.

    10And a man with a withered hand was there. They asked Jesus, 'Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?' so that they might accuse Him.

    11He said to them, 'Which one of you who has a sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?

    12How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.'

  • Luke 9:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12As the day was coming to an end, the twelve approached him and said, 'Send the crowd away so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside to find food and lodging, because we are in a remote place here.'

    13But he said to them, 'You give them something to eat.' They replied, 'We have no more than five loaves and two fish—unless we go and buy food for all these people.'

  • Luke 14:1
    72%

    1One Sabbath, as Jesus went to eat at the house of a prominent Pharisee, they were carefully watching him.

  • Matt 22:43
    71%

    43He said to them, 'How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him “Lord”?'

  • Matt 15:33
    71%

    33His disciples replied, “Where could we get enough bread in this remote place to feed such a crowd?”

  • Mark 7:5
    71%

    5So the Pharisees and the scribes questioned Him, "Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?"

  • Mark 3:4
    71%

    4Then He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save a life or to kill?" But they remained silent.

  • Matt 9:11
    71%

    11When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, 'Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?'

  • Mark 3:20
    71%

    20Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so much so that He and His disciples were not even able to eat.

  • Mark 8:4
    71%

    4The disciples answered him, 'Where can anyone get enough bread to satisfy these people here in this deserted place?'

  • Mark 8:16
    70%

    16They began discussing with one another, saying, 'We have no bread.'

  • Matt 15:2
    70%

    2“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”

  • Mark 6:36-37
    2 verses
    70%

    36'Send the people away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.'

    37But He answered them, 'You give them something to eat.' They said to Him, 'Should we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?'

  • Mark 12:35
    70%

    35While teaching in the temple, Jesus asked, 'Why do the scribes say that the Messiah is the son of David?

  • Luke 5:33
    70%

    33Then they said to Him, "Why do John's disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?"

  • 2 Sam 3:35
    70%

    35Then the people came to urge David to eat something while it was still day. But David took an oath, saying, 'May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets.'

  • Matt 16:7
    70%

    7They began to discuss this among themselves, saying, "It is because we did not bring any bread."

  • Luke 14:3
    70%

    3Jesus responded to the experts in the law and the Pharisees, asking, 'Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?'

  • Matt 16:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11How is it that you do not understand that I was not talking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

    12Then they understood that He was not telling them to beware of the yeast used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

  • Mark 2:16
    70%

    16And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Jesus eating with tax collectors and sinners, they said to his disciples, 'Why does he eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?'

  • Luke 24:43
    70%

    43and he took it and ate it before them.

  • John 6:31
    69%

    31'Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: "He gave them bread from heaven to eat."'

  • 1 Chr 12:39
    69%

    39All these were skilled warriors who came to Hebron fully determined, with unified hearts, to make David king over all Israel. All the other Israelites were also of one heart to make David king.

  • Matt 9:14
    69%

    14Then the disciples of John came to him and asked, 'Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?'

  • Mark 7:2
    69%

    2They saw some of His disciples eating bread with unclean, that is, unwashed hands, and they criticized them.