Matthew 12:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

He went into the house of God, and then they ate the sacred loaves of bread that only priests are supposed to eat.

Cross References

Leviticus 8:31

Moses said to Aaron and his sons: The LORD told me that you must boil this meat at the entrance to the sacred tent and eat it there with the bread.

Matthew 12:3

Jesus answered: You must have read what David did when he and his followers were hungry.

Matthew 12:5

Haven't you read in the Law of Moses that the priests are allowed to work in the temple on the Sabbath? But no one says that they are guilty of breaking the law of the Sabbath.

Mark 2:26

It was during the time of Abiathar the high priest. David went into the house of God and ate the sacred loaves of bread that only priests are allowed to eat. He also gave some to his followers.”

Luke 6:4

He went into the house of God and took the sacred loaves of bread that only priests were supposed to eat. He not only ate some himself, but even gave some to his followers.”

Hebrews 9:2

The first part of the tent was called the holy place, and a lampstand, a table, and the sacred loaves of bread were kept there.

1 Samuel 21:4

“The only bread I have is the sacred bread,” the priest told David. “You can have it if your soldiers didn't sleep with women last night.”

1 Samuel 21:6

The only bread the priest had was the sacred bread that he had taken from the place of worship after putting out the fresh loaves. So he gave it to David.