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Matthew 12:4

2 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”

3 Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.

5 Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are innocent?

6 But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.

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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
He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.
KJV
How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
WEB
how he entered into God’s house and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?
ASV
how he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them that were with him, but only for the priests?
DARBY
How he entered into the house of God, and ate the shewbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but for the priests only?
BLB
how he entered into the house of God, and they ate the loaves of the presentation, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, except for the priests only?
ÅB
Hvordan han gikk inn i Guds hus og spiste skuebrødene, som verken han eller de som var med ham hadde lov til å spise, men bare prestene?
OTB
Han gikk inn i Guds hus, og de spiste det hellige brødet, som ikke var tillatt for ham eller hans følgesvenner å spise, men bare for prestene.
B1930
hvorledes han gikk inn i Guds hus og åt skuebrødene, som hverken han eller de som var med ham hadde lov til å ete, men alene prestene?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Leviticus 24:5–9

    You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,

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  • Exodus 25:30

    And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.

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  • Exodus 29:32–33

    At the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, Aaron and his sons are to eat the meat of the ram and the bread that is in the basket.

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  • Leviticus 8:31

    And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the meat at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons are to eat it.’

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