24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the Sabbath day, that which is not lawful?

25 And he said to them, Have ye never read what (A)David did when he had need, and was an hungered, both he, and they that were with him?

26 How he went into the house of God, in the days of [a]Abiathar the high Priest, and did eat the Showbread, which were not lawful to eat, but for the (B)Priests, and gave also to them which were with him?

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 2:26 In 1 Sam. 21:1 he is called Ahimelech and his son Abiathar, but by conference of other places, it is plain, that both of them had two names. See also 1 Chron. 24:6; 2 Sam. 8:17; 2 Sam. 15:29; 1 Kings 2:26; 2 Kings 25:18.

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