But Jesus told them, “Haven't you read what David did when he and his men were hungry?
When Moses heard what Aaron had to say, he accepted the explanation.
When the Pharisees saw this they said to Jesus, “Look at your disciples—they're doing what isn't allowed on the Sabbath!”
He went into the house of God, and he and his men ate the sacred bread that they weren't allowed to eat since it's only for the priests.
Haven't you read in the law that on the Sabbath day the priests in the Temple break the Sabbath but are not considered guilty?
Jesus replied, “Haven't you read that God who created people in the beginning made them male and female?
“Yes,” Jesus replied. “Haven't you ever read the Scripture that says, ‘You arranged for children and infants to give you perfect praise’?”
As for the resurrection of the dead—haven't you read what God said to you,
Haven't you even read this Scripture: ‘The stone rejected by the builders has become the chief cornerstone.
But concerning the resurrection, haven't you read in Moses' writings the story of the burning bush, where God spoke to Moses and told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?’
“What is written in the law? How do you read it?” asked Jesus.
Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his men were hungry?