Matthew 12:3
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But he said to them: Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him:

1 Samuel 21:6
The priest therefore gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there, but only the loaves of proposition, which had been taken away from before the face of the Lord, that hot loaves might be set up.

Matthew 12:2
And the Pharisees seeing them, said to him: Behold thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days.

Matthew 12:4
How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the loaves of proposition, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for them that were with him, but for the priests only?

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But he said to them: Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him:

Have.

Matthew 12:5 Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple break the sabbath, and are without blame?

Matthew 19:4 Who answering, said to them: Have ye not read, that he who made man from the beginning, made them male and female? And he said:

Matthew 21:16 And said to him: Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus said to them: Yea, have you never read: Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

Matthew 22:31 And concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken by God, saying to you:

Mark 12:10,26 And have you not read this scripture, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is made the head of the corner: . . .

Luke 6:3 And Jesus answering them, said: Have you not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was hungry and they that were with him:

Luke 10:26 But he said to him: What is written in the law? How readest thou?

what.

1 Samuel 21:3-6 Now therefore if thou have any thing at hand, though it were but five loaves, give me, or whatsoever thou canst find. . . .

Mark 2:25,26 And he said to them: Have you never read what David did when he had need and was hungry, himself and they that were with him? . . .

Context
The Lord of the Sabbath
2And the Pharisees seeing them, said to him: Behold thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days. 3But he said to them: Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him: 4How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the loaves of proposition, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for them that were with him, but for the priests only?…
Lexicon
[Jesus] replied,
εἶπεν (eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

“Have you not read
ἀνέγνωτε (anegnōte)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 314: To read, know again, know certainly, recognize, discern. From ana and ginosko; to know again, i.e. to read.

what
τί (ti)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

David
Δαυὶδ (Dauid)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1138: David, King of Israel. Of Hebrew origin; Dabid, the Israelite king.

did
ἐποίησεν (epoiēsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

when
ὅτε (hote)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3753: When, at which time. From hos and te; at which too, i.e. When.

{he} and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

his companions
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

were hungry?
ἐπείνασεν (epeinasen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3983: To be hungry, needy, desire earnestly. From the same as penes; to famish; figuratively, to crave.


Additional Translations
Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

And He said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those with him--

But he said to them, Have you not read what David did, when he was an hungered, and they that were with him;

But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they that were with him;

But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him?

But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;

But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him;

"Have you never read," He replied, "what David did when he and his men were hungry?

But he said to them, "Haven't you read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him;

And he said to them, 'Did ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, himself and those with him --
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