Matthew 12:3 - Easy To Read Version Jesus said to them, “You have read what David {\cf2\super [153]} did when he and the people with him were hungry. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He said to them, Have you not even read what David did when he was hungry, and those who accompanied him–[Lev. 24:9; I Sam. 21:1-6.] American Standard Version (1901) But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they that were with him; Common English Bible But he said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and those with him were hungry? Catholic Public Domain Version But he said to them: "Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But he said to them: Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him: |
The Pharisees {\cf2\super [152]} saw this. They said to Jesus, “Look! Your followers are doing something that is against the \{Jewish\} law to do on the Sabbath day.”
David went into God’s house. David and the people with him ate the bread that was offered to God. It was against the law for David or the people with him to eat that bread. Only the priests were allowed to eat it.
And you have read in the law \{of Moses\} that on every Sabbath day {\cf2\super [154]} the priests at the temple {\cf2\super [155]} break the law about the Sabbath day. But the priests are not wrong for doing that.
Jesus answered, “Surely you have read this \{in the Scriptures {\cf2\super [258]} \}: When God made the world, ‘he made people male and female.’ {\cf2\super [259]}
The leading priests and the teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Do you hear the things these children are saying?”
Surely you have read what God said to you about the rising from death?
Surely you have read what God said about people rising from death. In the book where Moses wrote about the \{burning\} bush, {\cf2\super [163]} it says that God told Moses this: ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. {\cf2\super [164]} ’ {\cf2\super [165]}
Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you understand from it?”
Jesus answered, “You have read about what David {\cf2\super [107]} did when he and the people with him were hungry.