Matthew 12:3 meaning and explanation
Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
Matthew 12:3, Berean Standard Bible
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Jesus answers the Pharisees, who have just accused His disciples of breaking the Sabbath by picking grain. He points them to 1 Samuel 21, where David, fleeing from Saul and hungry, entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which the Law reserved for priests.
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