Matthew 12:3

Matthew 12:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
• New International Version (NIV)He answered, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
• English Standard Version (ESV)He said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him:
• New King James Version (NKJV)But He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him:

Context of Matthew 12:3

1At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on a Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pick heads of wheat and eat them. 2But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath.” He said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry – 4how he entered the house of God and they ate the sacred bread, which was against the law for him or his companions to eat, but only for the priests? 5Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?

Matthew 12:3 word by word

Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· οὐκ ἀνέγνωτε τί ἐποίησεν Δαυὶδ ὅτε ἐπείνασεν καὶ οἱ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• heὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Have yeἀναγινώσκωanaginōskō · to readG314
• notοὐou · noG3756
• whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• DavidΔαυείδ, Δαυίδ, ΔαβίδDabid · DavidG1138
• didποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• whenὅτεhote ho te hē te tō te · whenG3753
• was an hungredπεινάωpeinaō · to hungerG3983
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326

Cross-references for Matthew 12:3

• Matthew 12:5Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?
• Matthew 19:4He answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female,
• Matthew 21:16and said to him, “Do you hear what they are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read, ‘Out of the mouths of children and nursing infants you have prepared praise for yourself’?”
• Matthew 22:31Now as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God,
• Mark 12:10Have you not read this scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
• Luke 6:3Jesus answered them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry –
• Luke 10:26He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you understand it?”
• 1 Samuel 21:3Now what do you have at your disposal? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.”
• Mark 2:25He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry –

Commentaries on Matthew 12:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Have ye not read what David did - The original history is in 1 Samuel 21:1-6. When he was an hungered - Here hearken to Kimchi, producing the opinion of the ancients concerning this story in these words: "Our rabbins of blessed memory say, that he gave him the shew-bread, etc. The interpretation also of the clause, Yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel, is this: It is a small thing to say, that it is lawful for us to eat These Loaves…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3But he said unto them … - To vindicate his disciples, he referred them to a similar case, recorded in the Old Testament, and therefore one with which they ought to have been acquainted. This was the case of David. The law commanded that twelve loaves of bread should be laid on the table in the holy place in the tabernacle, to remain a week, and then to be eaten by the “priests only.” Their place was then supplied by fresh “bread.” This was called the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4Sometimes it was right to suspend ceremonial laws (1 Samuel 21:1–6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. But he said unto them, Have ye not read--or, as Mark (Mr 2:25) has it, "Have ye never read." what David did when he was an hungered, and they that were with him--(1Sa 21:1-6)Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 12:3

• Accusation, False
• David
• Ecclesiasticism
• Form
• Jesus, the Christ
• Pharisees
• Sabbath
• Shewbread (Showbread)
• Tradition

In the dictionaries

• David
• Adulterous
• Condemn
• Desolation
• Idle
• Judgment
• Restore
• Shewbread
• Sin
• Wither

Commentaries on Matthew 12

• 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