Matthew 12:4

New American Standard Bible 2020

how he entered the house of God, and they ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for him to eat nor for those with him, but for the priests alone?

Cross References

Exodus 25:30

And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before Me continually.

Leviticus 8:31

Then Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, “Boil the flesh at the doorway of the tent of meeting, and eat it there together with the bread which is in the basket of the ordination offering, just as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons shall eat it.’

Matthew 12:3

But He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he became hungry, he and his companions—

Matthew 12:5

Or have you not read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath, and yet are innocent?

Mark 2:26

how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?”

Luke 6:4

how he entered the house of God, and took and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?”

Hebrews 9:2

For a tabernacle was equipped, the outer sanctuary, in which were the lampstand, the table, and the sacred bread; this is called the Holy Place.

1 Samuel 21:4

The priest answered David and said, “There is no ordinary bread on hand, but there is consecrated bread, if only the young men have kept themselves from women.”

1 Samuel 21:6

So the priest gave him consecrated bread; for there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence which was removed from its place before the Lord, in order to put hot bread in its place on the day it was taken away.