Matthew 12:3

Good News Translation

Jesus answered, “Have you never read what David did that time when he and his men were hungry?

Cross References

Leviticus 10:20

When Moses heard this, he was satisfied.

Matthew 12:2

When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Jesus, “Look, it is against our Law for your disciples to do this on the Sabbath!”

Matthew 12:4

He went into the house of God, and he and his men ate the bread offered to God, even though it was against the Law for them to eat it—only the priests were allowed to eat that bread.

Matthew 12:5

Or have you not read in the Law of Moses that every Sabbath the priests in the Temple actually break the Sabbath law, yet they are not guilty?

Matthew 19:4

Jesus answered, “Haven't you read the scripture that says that in the beginning the Creator made people male and female?

Matthew 21:16

So they asked Jesus, “Do you hear what they are saying?” “Indeed I do,” answered Jesus. “Haven't you ever read this scripture? ‘You have trained children and babies to offer perfect praise.’”

Matthew 22:31

Now, as for the dead rising to life: haven't you ever read what God has told you? He said,

Mark 12:10

Surely you have read this scripture? ‘The stone which the builders rejected as worthless turned out to be the most important of all.

Mark 12:26

Now, as for the dead being raised: haven't you ever read in the Book of Moses the passage about the burning bush? There it is written that God said to Moses, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’

Luke 10:26

Jesus answered him, “What do the Scriptures say? How do you interpret them?”

Luke 6:3

Jesus answered them, “Haven't you read what David did when he and his men were hungry?