Luke 6:1-5 Part 2 of 3

One Sabbath day as Jesus was walking through some grainfields, his disciples broke off heads of grain, rubbed off the husks in their hands, and ate the grain. But some Pharisees said, "Why are you breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath?" Jesus replied, "Haven't you read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry? He went into the house of God and broke the law by eating the sacred loaves of bread that only the priests can eat. He also gave some to his companions." And Jesus added, "The Son of Man is Lord, even over the Sabbath."

Jesus replied, "Haven't you read in the Scriptures what David did when he and companions were hungry?"

Matthew 12:3  Jesus said to them, "Haven't you read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry?"

Mark 2:25  Jesus said to them, "Haven't you ever read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry?"

1 Samuel 21:1-3  David went to the town of Nob to see Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech trembled when he saw him. "Why are you alone?" he asked. "Why is no one with you?"  "The king has sent me on a private matter," David said. "He told me not to tell anyone why I am here. I have told my men where to meet me later. Now, what is there to eat? Give me five loaves of bread or anything else you have."

"He went into the house of God and broke the law by eating the sacred loaves of bread that only the priests can eat." 

Leviticus 24:5-9  "You must bake twelve loaves of bread from choice flour, using four quarts of flour for each loaf. Place the bread before the LORD on the pure gold table, and arrange the loaves in two rows, with six loaves in each row. Put some pure frankincense near each row to serve as a representative offering, a special gift presented to the LORD. Every Sabbath day this bread must be laid out before the LORD. The bread is to be received from the people of Israel as a requirement of the eternal covenant. The loaves of bread will belong to Aaron and his descendants, who must eat them in a sacred place, for they are most holy. It is a permanent right of the priests to claim this portion of the special gifts presented to the LORD.

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