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But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what [a]is unlawful on the Sabbath.”(A) He said to them, “Have you not read [in the Scriptures] what David did when he was hungry, he and those who accompanied him—(B) how he went into the house of God, and they ate the [b]consecrated bread, which was not lawful for him to eat nor for those with him, but for the priests only?

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 12:2 Picking grain to eat was not forbidden on the Sabbath. It was ridiculous for the Pharisees to try to equate gleaning for food with reaping a harvest (which was forbidden on the Sabbath).
  2. Matthew 12:4 The bread of the Presence, the twelve fresh loaves presented each Sabbath to the Lord in the Holy Place.

When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”(A)

He answered, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?(B) 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.(C)

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