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He said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry, he, and they who were with him?
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Human Need Over Ritual
Jesus responds to the Pharisees by referencing a well-known story where David, out of hunger and necessity, ate the consecrated bread—an act normally forbidden. Commentators explain that Jesus uses this precedent to show that human need can justify actions that might otherwise be seen as technical violations of ceremonial law.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Have you never read, etc. See Barnes on Matthew 12:3.
19th Century
Anglican
And it came to pass.—See Notes on Matthew 12:1-8.
As they went . . .—More literally, they began to mak…
Baptist
He has made it no longer a day of bondage, but a day of blessed rest and holy service for God. Works of necessity, works of piety, and works of mer…
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Jesus met the accusation of the Pharisees with a counterquestion about the time when David and his companions were hungry and ate the consecrated b…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he said unto them By way of answer to their question, and which was a full one, and enough to silence them:
The sabbath is a sacred and Divine institution; a privilege and benefit, not a task and drudgery. God never designed it to be a burden to us, there…
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