Matthew 12:4 - Revised Standard Version CI

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

More versions

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?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the loaves of proposition, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for them that were with him, but for the priests only?

Matthew 12:4 Cross References

Exodus 25:30

And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me always.

Leviticus 8:31

And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the flesh at the door of the tent of meeting, and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons shall eat it’;

Matthew 12:3

He said to them, “Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him:

Matthew 12:5

Or have you not read in the law how on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless?

Mark 2:26

how he entered the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?”

Luke 6:4

how he entered the house of God, and took and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those with him?”

Hebrews 9:2

For a tent was prepared, the outer one, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence; it is called the Holy Place.

1 Samuel 21:4

And the priest answered David, “I have no common bread at hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.”

1 Samuel 21:6

So the priest gave him the holy bread; for there was no bread there but the bread of the Presence, which is removed from before the Lord, to be replaced by hot bread on the day it is taken away.