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But He said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he became hungry, and those with him? How he entered into the house of God, and they ate the showbread, which was not permitted for him to eat, nor for those with him, but only for the kohanim? [a] Or haven’t you read in the Torah that on Shabbat the kohanim in the Temple break Shabbat and yet are innocent?

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  1. Matthew 12:5 cf. Lev. 24:5-9; 1 Sam. 21:5-7(4-6).