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“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. Or didn’t you read in the law that the priests in the Temple do things on the sabbath which are against sabbath law—and they aren’t guilty?

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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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