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When the Pharisees observed this they said to him, “Look here! Your disciples are doing something that’s not permitted on the sabbath!”

“Did you never read what David did?” replied Jesus. “When he and his men were hungry, they went into God’s house and ate the holy bread which neither he nor his men were allowed to eat—only the priests had that right.

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When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”(A)

He answered, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?(B) He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests.(C)

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