Matthew 12:4

New King James Version

how he entered the house of God and ate the showbread which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?

Cross References

Exodus 25:30

And you shall set the showbread on the table before Me always.

Leviticus 8:31

And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of consecration offerings, 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 was hungry, he and those who were with him:

Matthew 12:5

Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are blameless?

Mark 2:26

how he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the showbread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and also gave some to those who were with him?”

Luke 6:4

how he went into the house of God, took and ate the showbread, and also gave some to those with him, which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat?”

Hebrews 9:2

For a tabernacle was prepared: the first part, in which was the lampstand, the table, and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary;

1 Samuel 21:4

And the priest answered David and said, “There is no common bread on hand; but there is holy bread, if the young men have at least kept themselves from women.”

1 Samuel 21:6

So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the showbread which had been taken from before the Lord, in order to put hot bread in its place on the day when it was taken away.