Matthew 12:4

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How 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?

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  • Exod 25:30 : 30 Place the bread of the Presence on the table before Me continually.
  • Lev 24:5-9 : 5 You shall take fine flour and bake it into twelve loaves. Each loaf will be made with two tenths of an ephah. 6 Arrange them in two rows, six loaves per row, on the pure table before the LORD. 7 Place pure frankincense on each row, as a memorial portion for the bread. It is an offering made by fire to the LORD. 8 Every Sabbath day, this arrangement must be set in order before the LORD continually, as a perpetual covenant from the Israelites. 9 It shall belong to Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place, for it is most holy to him from the fire offerings of the LORD, a perpetual statute.
  • Exod 29:32-33 : 32 Aaron and his sons shall eat the meat of the ram and the bread that is in the basket at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 33 They shall eat those things by which atonement was made to consecrate and sanctify them. But no outsider shall eat them, because they are holy.
  • Lev 8:31 : 31 Moses said to Aaron and his sons, "Boil the meat at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and eat it there along with the bread from the basket of ordination, as I commanded, saying, 'Aaron and his sons are to eat it.'

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  • Luke 6:1-4
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    95%

    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
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    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 12:1-3
    3 verses
    85%

    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.'

    3He said to them, 'Have you not read what David did when he and those with him were hungry?

  • Matt 12:5
    78%

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

  • Luke 14:1
    76%

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

  • Mark 7:4-5
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    73%

    4And when they return from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They also observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and dining couches.

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    2 verses
    72%

    15And while Jesus was dining in Levi's house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining at the table with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

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    6David 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.'

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    72%

    10While Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples.

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  • Luke 24:43
    72%

    43and he took it and ate it before them.

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

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    70%

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    70%

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    69%

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