Luke 6:3

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“Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?”

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BSBPD

“Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read even this, what David did, when he was hungry, he, and they that were with him;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Jesus answering said unto them, `Did ye not read even this that David did, when he hungered, himself and those who are with him,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 6:3 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 21:3Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.”
  2. Matthew 12:3Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
  3. Matthew 19:4Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
  4. Matthew 21:16“Do You hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”
  5. Matthew 21:42Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
  6. Matthew 22:31But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:
  7. Mark 2:25Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?
  8. Mark 12:10Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
  9. Mark 12:26But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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