And Jesus answered them, (A)“Have you not read (B)what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him: how he entered the house of God and took and ate (C)the bread of the Presence, (D)which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those with him?” And he said to them, (E)“The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

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Jesus replied, “Don’t you read the Scriptures? Haven’t you ever read what King David did when he and his men were hungry? He went into the Temple and took the shewbread, the special bread that was placed before the Lord, and ate it—illegal as this was—and shared it with others.” And Jesus added, “I am[a] master even of the Sabbath.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 6:5 I am, literally, “The Son of Man is.”