Mark 2:25
New International Version
He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?

New Living Translation
Jesus said to them, “Haven’t you ever read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

English Standard Version
And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him:

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

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

King James Bible
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?

New King James Version
But He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and those with him:

New American Standard Bible
And He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions became hungry;

NASB 1995
And He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions became hungry;

NASB 1977
And He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and became hungry, he and his companions:

Legacy Standard Bible
And He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions became hungry;

Amplified Bible
Jesus said to them, “Have you never read [in the Scriptures] what David did when he was in need and was hungry, he and his companions;

Christian Standard Bible
He said to them, “Have you never read what David and those who were with him did when he was in need and hungry —

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He said to them, “Have you never read what David and those who were with him did when he was in need and hungry—

American Standard Version
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?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Yeshua said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in great need and was hungry, he and his companions,

Contemporary English Version
Jesus answered, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his followers were hungry and in need?

Douay-Rheims Bible
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?

English Revised Version
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?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus asked them, "Haven't you ever read what David did when he and his men were in need and were hungry?

Good News Translation
Jesus answered, "Have you never read what David did that time when he needed something to eat? He and his men were hungry,

International Standard Version
He asked them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?

Literal Standard Version
And He said to them, “Did you never read what David did when he had need and was hungry, he and those with him?

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

New American Bible
He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry?

NET Bible
He said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry--

New Revised Standard Version
And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need of food?

New Heart English Bible
And 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?

Webster's Bible Translation
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?

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

World English Bible
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?

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

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Lord of the Sabbath
24So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?” 25 Jesus replied, Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? 26During the high priesthood of Abiathar, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which was lawful only for the priests. And he gave some to his companions as well.”…

Cross References
Matthew 4:2
After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.

Mark 2:24
So the Pharisees said to Him, "Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?"

Mark 2:26
During the high priesthood of Abiathar, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which was lawful only for the priests. And he gave some to his companions as well."


Treasury of Scripture

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?

Have.

Mark 12:20,26
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,

Matthew 21:16,42
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? …

what.

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…

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Mark 2
1. Jesus followed by multitudes,
3. heals a paralytic;
13. calls Matthew;
15. eats with tax collectors and sinners;
18. excuses his disciples for not fasting;
23. and for picking the heads of grain on the Sabbath day.














Verses 25, 26. - David... and they that were with him. This seems opposed to what we read in 1 Samuel 21, where David is stated to have been alone. But the facts appear to have been these, that David, fleeing from Saul, went alone to Ahimelech the high priest, and sought and obtained five loaves of the "shewbread," which he carried away with him to his companions in flight, and shared with them; for he says (1 Samuel 21:2), "I have appointed my servants to such and such a place." This incident actually happened in the high priesthood of Ahimelech the father of Abiathar. Bede says that they were both present when David came in his distress and obtained the shewbread. But Ahimelech having been slain, together with eighty-six priests, by Saul, Abiathar fled to David, and became his companion in his exile. Moreover, when he succeeded to the high priesthood on the death of Ahimelech, he did far more good service than his father had done, and so was worthy of being spoken of with this special commendation, and as though he was actually high priest, even though his father was then living. The words may properly mean "in the days when Abiathar was living who became high priest, and was more eminent than his father." The shewbread; literally, the bread of the face, that is, of the Divine presence, symbolizing the Divine Being who is the Bread of life. It was directed by the Law that within the sanctuary there should be a table of shittim (or acacia) wood; and every sabbath twelve newly baked loaves were placed upon it in two rows. These leaves were sprinkled with incense, and then remained there until the following sabbath. They were then replaced by twelve newly baked loaves, the old loaves being eaten by the priests in the holy place, from which it was unlawful to remove them. These twelve loaves corresponded to the twelve tribes. The force of our Lord's reasoning is this: David, a man after God's own heart, when sorely pressed by hunger, applied to the high priest and took some of these sacred loaves, loaves which under ordinary circumstances it was not lawful for the lay people to eat, because he wisely judged that a positive law, forbidding the laity to eat this bread, ought to yield to a law of necessity and of nature; which intimates to us that in a grave necessity of famine, life may be lawfully preserved by eating even sacred bread which has been dedicated to God. Therefore, in like manner, nay, much more, was it lawful for Christ and his disciples to pluck the ears of corn on the sabbath day, that by rubbing them in their hands they might pick out the good grain and satisfy their hunger.

Parallel Commentaries ...


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

[Jesus] replied,
λέγει (legei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 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 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 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 1138: David, King of Israel. Of Hebrew origin; Dabid, the Israelite king.

did
ἐποίησεν (epoiēsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 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 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 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 2532: And, even, also, namely.

his companions
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 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 3983: To be hungry, needy, desire earnestly. From the same as penes; to famish; figuratively, to crave.

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

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


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