³ But he said unto them, ^(A)Have ye not read what David did when he was an hungered, and they that were with him?

⁴ How he went into the house of God, and did eat the ^[a]showbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the ^(A)Priests?

⁷ Wherefore if ye knew what this is, ^(A)I will have mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the innocents.