"And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were w…" — Mark 2:25

Mark 2:25 · KJV

“And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?”

— Mark 2:25

Verse 24

And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

Verse 26

How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?

Mark 2 — Context

And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.

And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?

How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?

And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

Cross References

1 Samuel 21:3-6

Now therefore what is under thine hand? give {me} five {loaves of} bread in mine hand, or what there is present. {present: Heb. found}

Luke 10:26

He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

Matthew 22:31

I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

Mark 12:26

And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I {am} the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

Matthew 21:42

Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

Matthew 21:16

And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

Mark 12:20

Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

Matthew 19:4

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made {them} at the beginning made them male and female,