Matthew 12:4 - Easy To Read Version

⁴ David went into God’s house. David and the people with him ate the bread that was offered to God. It was against the law for David or the people with him to eat that bread. Only the priests were allowed to eat it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ how he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ How he went into the house of God and ate the loaves of the showbread–which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for the men who accompanied him, but for the priests only?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ how he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them that were with him, but only for the priests?

Common English Bible

⁴ He went into God’s house and broke the law by eating the bread of the presence, which only the priests were allowed to eat.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?

Matthew 12:4 Cross References

Exodus 25:30

Put the special bread [183] before me on the table. It must always be there in front of me.

Leviticus 8:31

Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “{Do you remember my command?} I said, ‘Aaron and his sons must eat these things.’ So take the basket of bread and meat from the ceremony for choosing the priests. Boil that meat at the entrance of the Meeting Tent. [102] Eat the meat and bread at that place. Do this like I told you.

1 Samuel 21:4

Now, what food do you have with you? Give me five loaves of bread or whatever you have to eat.”

1 Samuel 21:6

David answered the priest, “We have not been with any women. My men keep their bodies holy every time we go out to fight, even on ordinary missions. [182] And this is especially true today, when our work is so special.”

Matthew 12:3

Jesus said to them, “You have read what David {\cf2\super [153]} did when he and the people with him were hungry.

Matthew 12:5

And you have read in the law \{of Moses\} that on every Sabbath day {\cf2\super [154]} the priests at the temple {\cf2\super [155]} break the law about the Sabbath day. But the priests are not wrong for doing that.

Mark 2:26

It was during the time of Abiathar the high priest. {\cf2\super [36]} David went into God’s house and ate the bread that was offered to God. And the law \{of Moses\} says that only priests can eat that bread. David also gave some of the bread to those people with him.”

Luke 6:4

David went into God’s house. David took the bread that was offered to God and ate it. And David gave some of the bread to the people with him. This was against the law \{of Moses\}. The law says that only the priests can eat that bread.”

Hebrews 9:2

This place was inside a tent. The first area in the tent was called the Holy Place. In the Holy Place were the lamp and the table with the special bread offered to God.