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He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?(A) How he entered the house of God, and they[a] ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him or his companions to eat, but only for the priests?(B) Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are guiltless?(C)

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  1. 12.4 Other ancient authorities read he ate

He answered, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?(A) 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.(B) Or haven’t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath(C) and yet are innocent?

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