3But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him;


In Context

1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath through the corn, and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.

2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, Behold, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath.

3 But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him;

4 How he entered into the house of God, and ate the show-bread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them who were with him, but only for the priests?

5 Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

Matthew 12:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:3But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:3He answered, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:3But he said to them: Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:3But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they that were with him;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:3But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:3But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:3But he said to them, |Haven't you read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:3And he said to them, 'Did ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, himself and those with him —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:3But he said to them, Have you not read what David did, when he was an hungered, and they that were with him;