Mark 2:25

Mark 2:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
• New International Version (NIV)He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he said to them, "Have you never read what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him:
• New King James Version (NKJV)But He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and those with him:

Context of Mark 2:25

23On one Jewish day of rest, Jesus and his disciples were walking through some fields where wheat was growing. While they were walking along, his disciples picked some grains of wheat. 24Some Pharisees said to Jesus, ‘Look at what your disciples are doing. They should not do that on our day of rest. It is against God's Law.’ Jesus replied, ‘You have certainly read about what David did one day. He and the men who were with him were very hungry. They needed food to eat. 26David went into the temple. He ate the special bread that was there. He gave some of it to his men to eat as well. This happened during the time that Abiathar was the leader of the priests. It is against God's Law for anyone except the priests to eat that special bread.’ 27Then Jesus said to the Pharisees, ‘God wanted to help people. So he made a day for them when they should rest. He did not make people so that they could keep laws about the day of rest.

Mark 2:25 word by word

Καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· οὐδέποτε ἀνέγνωτε τί ἐποίησεν Δαυὶδ ὅτε χρείαν ἔσχεν καὶ ἐπείνασεν αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• heαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Have yeἀναγινώσκωanaginōskō · to readG314
• neverοὐδέποτεoudepote · neverG3763
• whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• DavidΔαυείδ, Δαυίδ, ΔαβίδDabid · DavidG1138
• didποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• whenὅτεhote ho te hē te tō te · whenG3753
• he hadἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• needχρείαchreia · needG5532
• was an hungredπεινάωpeinaō · to hungerG3983
• they that wereὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326

Cross-references for Mark 2:25

• Mark 12:20But once there were seven brothers. The oldest brother married a woman. But he died before they had any children.
• Matthew 19:4Jesus replied, ‘You surely have read about this in the Bible. At the start, when God created the world, he made people male and female.
• Matthew 21:16They asked Jesus, ‘Can you hear what these children are saying?’ Jesus replied, ‘Yes, I can hear them. I am sure that you have read this in the Bible: “Lord God, babies and children praise you. You yourself have taught them to do that.” ’
• Matthew 22:31It is true that one day dead people will become alive again. You have read in the Bible about what God said to you:
• Luke 10:26‘What does God's Law say?’ Jesus asked. ‘What do you understand when you read it?’
• 1 Samuel 21:3Do you have anything to eat here? Give me five loaves of bread or anything else that you have.’

Commentaries on Mark 2:25

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23-28Verses 23-28 See Matthew 12:1-8. The cornfields - The fields sown with wheat or barley. The word “corn,” in the Bible, refers only to grain of that kind, and never to “maize” or “Indian corn.” To pluck the ears of corn - They were hungry, Matthew 12:1. They therefore gathered the wheat or barley as they walked and rubbed it in their hands to shell it, and thus to satisfy their appetite. Though our Lord was with them, and though he had all things at his…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-28Verses 23-28 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, therefore we must not make it so to ourselves. The sabbath was instituted for the good of mankind, as living in society, having many wants and troubles, preparing for a state of happiness or misery. Man was not made for the sabbath, as if his keeping it could be of service to God, nor was he commanded…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-26Jesus answered by referring to an event in the life of King David (1 Samuel 21). David and his men ate the sacred bread, the twelve loaves in the tabernacle that only priests were allowed to eat (see Leviticus 24:5–9). In that sense, they did what the law did not permit. But Jesus showed that a deeper principle was also at work (Mark 2:27–28).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Mark 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings