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Mark 2:25-27
New Catholic Bible
Mark 2:25-27
New Catholic Bible
25 He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need of food? 26 He entered the house of God when Abiathar[a] was high priest and ate the sacred bread that only the priests were permitted to eat, and he shared it with his companions.” 27 Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.[b]
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- Mark 2:26 Abiathar: high priest in the time of David. In 1 Sam 21:2-3 his father, Ahimelech, is named.
- Mark 2:27 Mark alone has preserved this saying of Jesus.
