Matthew 12:4
how 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?
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- Exod 25:30 : 30 You are to set the Bread of the Presence on the table before me continually.
- Lev 24:5-9 : 5 “You must take choice wheat flour and bake twelve loaves; there must be two tenths of an ephah of flour in each loaf, 6 and you must set them in two rows, six in a row, on the ceremonially pure table before the LORD. 7 You must put pure frankincense on each row, and it will become a memorial portion for the bread, a gift to the LORD. 8 Each Sabbath day Aaron must arrange it before the LORD continually; this portion is from the Israelites as a perpetual covenant. 9 It will belong to Aaron and his sons, and they must eat it in a holy place because it is most holy to him, a perpetual allotted portion from the gifts of the LORD.
- Exod 29:32-33 : 32 Aaron and his sons are to eat the meat of the ram and the bread that was in the basket at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 33 They are to eat those things by which atonement was made to consecrate and to set them apart, but no one else may eat them, for they are holy.
- Lev 8:31 : 31 Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons,“Boil the meat at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, and there you are to eat it and the bread which is in the ordination offering basket, just as I have commanded, saying,‘Aaron and his sons are to eat it,’
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Luke 6:1-44 verses95%
1 Lord 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.
2 But some of the Pharisees said,“Why are you doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?”
3 Jesus answered them,“Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry–
4 how 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 2:23-275 verses94%
23 Lord 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.
24 So the Pharisees said to him,“Look, why are they doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?”
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?”
27 Then he said to them,“The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath.
- Matt 12:1-33 verses85%
1 Lord 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.
2 But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him,“Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath.”
3 He said to them,“Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry–
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5 Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?
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1 Healing Again on the Sabbath Now one Sabbath when Jesus went to dine at the house of a leader of the Pharisees, they were watching him closely.
- Mark 7:4-52 verses73%
4 And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They hold fast to many other traditions: the washing of cups, pots, kettles, and dining couches.)
5 The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him,“Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?”
- Mark 2:15-162 verses72%
15 As Jesus was having a meal in Levi’s home, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.
16 When 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?”
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36 Jesus’ Anointing Now one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table.
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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.
- Matt 9:10-112 verses72%
10 As Jesus was having a meal in Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples.
11 When the Pharisees saw this they said to his disciples,“Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
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43 and he took it and ate it in front of them.
- John 4:31-333 verses72%
31 Workers for the Harvest Meanwhile the disciples were urging him,“Rabbi, eat something.”
32 But he said to them,“I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”
33 So the disciples began to say to one another,“No one brought him anything to eat, did they?”
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37 Rebuking the Pharisees and Experts in the Law As he spoke, a Pharisee invited Jesus to have a meal with him, so he went in and took his place at the table.
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2 “Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat.”
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20 Jesus and Beelzebul Now Jesus went home, and a crowd gathered so that they were not able to eat.
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9 (Now the priests of the high places did not go up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat unleavened cakes among their fellow priests.)
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2 And they saw that some of Jesus’ disciples ate their bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed.
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22 He may eat both the most holy and the holy food of his God,
- Matt 16:11-122 verses70%
11 How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!”
12 Then they understood that he had not told them to be on guard against the yeast in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
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3 So Jesus asked the experts in religious law and the Pharisees,“Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”
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12 The Passover Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples said to him,“Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”
- Matt 12:9-124 verses70%
9 Then Jesus left that place and entered their synagogue.
10 A man was there who had a withered hand. And they asked Jesus,“Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” so that they could accuse him.
11 He said to them,“Would not any one of you, if he had one sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, take hold of it and lift it out?
12 How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”
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15 The Parable of the Great Banquet When one of those at the meal with Jesus heard this, he said to him,“Blessed is everyone who will feast in the kingdom of God!”
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29 Then Levi gave a great banquet in his house for Jesus, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others sitting at the table with them.
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1 The Plot Against Jesus Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
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14 The Lord’s Supper Now when the hour came, Jesus took his place at the table and the apostles joined him.
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17 The Passover Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and said,“Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”
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22 The Lord’s Supper While they were eating, he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to them, and said,“Take it. This is my body.”
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12 Cursing of the Fig Tree Now the next day, as they went out from Bethany, he was hungry.
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4 Then 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.
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13 But 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.”
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31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written,‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”