Matthew 12:3-5

³Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

⁴He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.

⁵Or haven’ t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are innocent?

— Matthew 12:3-5

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Cross References for Matthew 12:3-5

• 1 Samuel 21:3-6
• Luke 6:3
• Mark 2:25-26
• Numbers 28:9-10
• Mark 12:10
• John 7:22-23
• Matthew 21:16
• Matthew 12:5
• Mark 12:26
• Matthew 22:31

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