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24 The Pharisees asked him, “Look! Why are they doing what is not lawful on Sabbath days?”[a]

25 He asked them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? 26 How was it that he went into the House of God during the lifetime[b] of Abiathar the high priest and ate the Bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat, and gave some of it to his companions?”

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 2:24 Lit. on the Sabbaths
  2. Mark 2:26 The Gk. lacks the lifetime