When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “See, your disciples are doing what is not lawful(A) to do on the Sabbath.”

He said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and those who were with him were hungry: how he entered the house of God, and they ate[a] the bread of the Presence—which is not lawful for him or for those with him to eat, but only for the priests?(B)

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  1. 12:4 Other mss read he ate

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