“But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;”
He said to them: have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him? Jesus' first response to the Sabbath challenge is a scriptural argument: have you not read — a formula that places the burden of biblical knowledge on the Pharisees who pride themselves on their Scripture expertise. The David precedent (1 Samuel 21:1–6) establishes that human need has override authority over liturgical regulations. David ate the bread of the Presence that was lawful only for priests, and this was not counted as sin.
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