Luke 6:3 Jesus answered them, "Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Jesus answered them, "Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

English Standard Version
And Jesus answered them, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him:

New American Standard Bible
And Jesus answering them said, "Have you not even read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him,

King James Bible
And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jesus answered them, "Haven't you read what David and those who were with him did when he was hungry--

International Standard Version
Jesus answered them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions became hungry?

American Standard Version
And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read even this, what David did, when he was hungry, he, and they that were with him;

Douay-Rheims Bible
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:

Darby Bible Translation
And Jesus answering said to them, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did when he hungered, he and those who were with him,

Young's Literal Translation
And Jesus answering said unto them, 'Did ye not read even this that David did, when he hungered, himself and those who are with him,

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

6:1-5 Christ justifies his disciples in a work of necessity for themselves on the sabbath day, and that was plucking the ears of corn when they were hungry. But we must take heed that we mistake not this liberty for leave to commit sin. Christ will have us to know and remember that it is his day, therefore to be spent in his service, and to his honour.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

CHAPTER 6

Lu 6:1-5. Plucking Corn-ears on the Sabbath.

(See on [1578]Mt 12:1-8 and Mr 2:23-28.)

1. second sabbath after the first—an obscure expression, occurring here only, generally understood to mean, the first sabbath after the second day of unleavened bread. The reasons cannot be stated here, nor is the opinion itself quite free from difficulty.