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

23And it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while picking the heads of grain. 24The Pharisees were saying to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?” And He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions became hungry; 26how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?” 27Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

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

• And He saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• “Have you neverοὐδέποτεoudepote · neverG3763
• readἀναγινώσκωanaginōskō · to readG314
• whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• didποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• whenὅτεhote ho te hē te tō te · whenG3753
• he was in needχρείαchreia · needG5532
• and he and his companionsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• and he and his companionsμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• became hungryπεινάωpeinaō · to hungerG3983

Cross-references for Mark 2:25

• Mark 12:20There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and died leaving no children.
• Matthew 19:4And He answered and said, “Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female,
• Matthew 21:16and said to Him, “Do You hear what these children are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes; have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies You have prepared praise for Yourself’?”
• Matthew 22:31But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God:
• Luke 10:26And He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?”
• 1 Samuel 21:3Now therefore, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.”

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

Topics related to Mark 2:25

• Jesus, the Christ
• Shewbread (Showbread)

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• David
• Blaspheme
• Blasphemy
• Press
• Sabbath
• Hunger
• Jesus Christ
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Ten Commandments, the
• Washing of Feet

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