Matthew 12:3

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He said to them,“Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry–

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  • 1 Sam 21:3-6 : 3 Now what do you have at your disposal? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.” 4 The priest replied to David,“I don’t have any ordinary bread at my disposal. Only holy bread is available, and then only if your soldiers have abstained from relations with women.” 5 David said to the priest,“Certainly women have been kept away from us, just as on previous occasions when I have set out. The soldiers’ equipment is holy, even on an ordinary journey. How much more so will they be holy today, along with their equipment!” 6 So the priest gave him holy bread, for there was no bread there other than the bread of the Presence. It had been removed from before the LORD in order to replace it with hot bread on the day it had been taken away.
  • Luke 6:3 : 3 Jesus answered them,“Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry–
  • Mark 2:25-26 : 25 He said to them,“Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry– 26 how he entered the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the sacred bread, which is against the law for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to his companions?”
  • Matt 21:16 : 16 and said to him,“Do you hear what they are saying?” Jesus said to them,“Yes. Have you never read,‘Out of the mouths of children and nursing infants you have prepared praise for yourself’?”
  • Mark 12:26 : 26 Now as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the 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 Now as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God,
  • Matt 12:5 : 5 Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?
  • Matt 19:4 : 4 He answered,“Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female,
  • Mark 12:10 : 10 Have you not read this scripture:‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
  • Luke 10:26 : 26 He said to him,“What is written in the law? How do you understand it?”

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  • Luke 6:1-4
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    1Lord of the Sabbath Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples picked some heads of wheat, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them.

    2But some of the Pharisees said,“Why are you doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?”

    3Jesus answered them,“Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry–

    4how he entered the house of God, took and ate the sacred bread, which is not lawful for any to eat but the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?”

  • Mark 2:23-27
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    23Lord of the Sabbath Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples began to pick some heads of wheat as they made their way.

    24So the Pharisees said to him,“Look, why are they doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?”

    25He said to them,“Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry–

    26how he entered the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the sacred bread, which is against the law for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to his companions?”

    27Then he said to them,“The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath.

  • Matt 12:4-5
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    4how he entered the house of God and they ate the sacred bread, which was against the law for him or his companions to eat, but only for the priests?

    5Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?

  • Matt 12:1-2
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    1Lord of the Sabbath At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on a Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pick heads of wheat and eat them.

    2But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him,“Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath.”

  • John 4:31-33
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    31Workers for the Harvest Meanwhile the disciples were urging him,“Rabbi, eat something.”

    32But he said to them,“I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

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  • Matt 12:9-12
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    12How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

  • Luke 9:12-13
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    12Now the day began to draw to a close, so the twelve came and said to Jesus,“Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and food, because we are in an isolated place.”

    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
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    43He said to them,“How then does David by the Spirit call him‘Lord,’ saying,

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    33The disciples said to him,“Where can we get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy so great a crowd?”

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    4Then he said to them,“Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath, or evil, to save a life or destroy it?” But they were silent.

  • Matt 9:11
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  • Mark 8:4
    71%

    4His disciples answered him,“Where can someone get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy these people?”

  • Mark 8:16
    70%

    16So they began to discuss with one another about having no bread.

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    70%

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    70%

    36Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy something for themselves to eat.”

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  • 2 Sam 3:35
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    35Then all the people came and encouraged David to eat food while it was still day. But David took an oath saying,“God will punish me severely if I taste bread or anything whatsoever before the sun sets!”

  • Matt 16:7
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    7So they began to discuss this among themselves, saying,“It is because we brought no bread.”

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  • Matt 16:11-12
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    11How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!”

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  • Mark 2:16
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    16When the experts in the law and the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples,“Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

  • Luke 24:43
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    43and he took it and ate it in front of them.

  • John 6:31
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    31Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written,‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”

  • 1 Chr 12:39
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    39They spent three days feasting there with David, for their relatives had given them provisions.

  • Matt 9:14
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    14The Superiority of the New Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked,“Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”

  • Mark 7:2
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    2And they saw that some of Jesus’ disciples ate their bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed.