Matthew 12:4

New Century Version

He went into God’s house, and he and those with him ate the holy bread, which was lawful only for priests to eat.

Cross References

Exodus 25:30

On this table put the bread that shows you are in my presence so that it is always there in front of me.

Leviticus 8:31

Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “I gave you a command, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons will eat these things.’ So take the meat and basket of bread from the offering for appointing priests. Boil the meat at the door of the Meeting Tent, and eat it there with the bread.

Matthew 12:3

Jesus answered, “Have you not read what David did when he and the people with him were hungry?

Matthew 12:5

And have you not read in the law of Moses that on every Sabbath day the priests in the Temple break this law about the Sabbath day? But the priests are not wrong for doing that.

Mark 2:26

During the time of Abiathar the high priest, David went into God’s house and ate the holy bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. And David also gave some of the bread to those who were with him.”

Luke 6:4

He went into God’s house and took and ate the holy bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. And he gave some to the people who were with him.”

Hebrews 9:2

The Holy Tent was set up for this. The first area in the Tent was called the Holy Place. In it were the lamp and the table with the bread that was made holy for God.

1 Samuel 21:4

The priest said to David, “I don’t have any plain bread here, but I do have some holy bread. You may eat it if your men have kept themselves from women.”

1 Samuel 21:6

So the priest gave David the holy bread from the presence of God because there was no other. Each day the holy bread was replaced with hot bread.