Mark 2:25
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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?

Have.

Mark 12:20,26 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife and died leaving no issue. . . .

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 21:16,42 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:

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. . . .

Context
The Lord of the Sabbath
24And the Pharisees said to him: Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? 25And 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? 26How he went into the house of God, under Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the loaves of proposition, which was not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave to them who were with him?…
Cross References
Matthew 4:2
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry.

Mark 2:24
And the Pharisees said to him: Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

Mark 2:26
How he went into the house of God, under Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the loaves of proposition, which was not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave to them who were with him?

Lexicon
But
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

[Jesus] replied,
λέγει (legei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

“Have you never 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
αὐτὸς (autos)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

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.

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

in need?
χρείαν (chreian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 5532: From the base of chraomai or chre; employment, i.e. An affair; also occasion, demand, requirement or destitution.


Additional Translations
Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?

And He said to them, "Did you never read what David did when he had need, and he and those with him hungered--

And he said to them, Have you never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungered, he, and they that were with him?

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

And he said to them, Have ye never read what David did when he had need and hungered, he and those with him,

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

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

"Have you never read," Jesus replied, "what David did when the necessity arose and he and his men were hungry:

He said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry--he, and those who were with him?

And he said to them, 'Did ye never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and those with him?
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