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Mark 2:25

David

23 One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along.

24 So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”

Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?

26 During the high priesthood of Abiathar, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which was lawful only for the priests. And he gave some to his companions as well.”

27 Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?
KJV
And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
WEB
He said to them, “Did you never read what David did when he had need and was hungry—he, and those who were with him?
ASV
And he said unto them, Did ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry, he, and they that were with him?
DARBY
And *he* said to them, Have ye never read what David did when he had need and hungered, *he* and those with him,
BLB
And He says to them, “Did you⁺ never read what David did when he had need and was hungry, he and those with him:
ÅB
Og han sa til dem: Har dere aldri lest hva David gjorde da han var i nød og sultet, han selv og de som var med ham,
OTB
Han sa til dem: "Har dere aldri lest hva David gjorde da han var i nød og hans følgesvenner var sultne;
B1930
Og han sa til dem: Har I aldri lest hvad David gjorde da han var i nød og sultet, han selv og de som var med ham,

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