Mark 2:26

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was the high priest, and ate the sacred loaves set forth [before God], which it is not permitted or lawful for any but the priests to eat, and [how he] also gave [them] to those who were with him? [I Sam. 21:1-6; II Sam. 8:17.]

Cross References

2 Samuel 8:17

Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were the [chief] priests, and Seraiah was the scribe;

1 Chronicles 24:6

Shemaiah the scribe, son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded them in the presence of the king, the princes, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar [the priest who escaped being killed at Nob by Saul and fled to David], and the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests and Levites–one father's house being taken alternately for Eleazar and one for Ithamar.

1 Samuel 21:1

THEN DAVID went to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech was afraid at meeting David, and said to him, Why are you alone and no man with you?

1 Kings 4:4

Benaiah son of Jehoiada commanded the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

1 Kings 2:22

King Solomon answered his mother, And why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also–for he is my elder brother–[ask it] even for him and for [his supporters] Abiathar the priest and Joab son of Zeruiah.

1 Kings 1:7

He conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah [David's half sister] and with Abiathar the priest, and they followed Adonijah and helped him.

2 Samuel 20:25

Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests;

2 Samuel 15:35

Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be with you? So whatever you hear from the king's house, just tell it to [them].

2 Samuel 15:29

Zadok, therefore, and Abiathar carried the ark of God back to Jerusalem and they stayed there.

2 Samuel 15:24

Abiathar [the priest] and behold, Zadok came also, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God until all the people had gone from the city.

1 Samuel 23:9

David knew that Saul was plotting evil against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring the ephod here.

1 Samuel 23:6

When Abiathar son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, he came with an ephod in his hand.

Matthew 12:4

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?

Mark 2:25

And He said to them, Have you never [even] read what David did when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were accompanying him?–