So he said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those with him, how he entered into the house of God and ate the bread of the presentation, which it was not permitted for him or for those with him to eat, but only for the priests? Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple violate the sanctity of the Sabbath and are guiltless?

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But He said to them, “Have you not read (A)what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him: how he entered the house of God and ate (B)the showbread which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, (C)but only for the priests? Or have you not read in the (D)law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple [a]profane the Sabbath, and are blameless?

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 12:5 desecrate