Luke 6:3

3 Jesus answered them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

Luke 6:3 in Other Translations

3 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;

3 And Jesus answered them, "Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him:

3 Jesus replied, “Haven’t you read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

3 But Jesus stood up for them. "Have you never read what David and those with him did when they were hungry?

3 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;

3 Jesus answered them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his men were hungry?

3 Jesus answered them, "Haven't you read what David and those who were with him did when he was hungry-

3 Jesus answered them, "Haven't you ever read about what David did? He and his men were hungry.

Luke 6:3 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 6:3

And Jesus answering them, said
For they brought the charge against the disciples to him, being desirous to know what he would say, and that they might have something to accuse him of; and who, at once, took up the cause of his disciples, and vindicated them, by observing what David did, when he, and his men were an hungry; how that he went into the tabernacle, and took the showbread, and ate of it, and gave it to his men, who also ate of it; which, according to the law, was only allowed to priests; and by taking notice of another instance, which this evangelist does not relate; namely, how on the sabbath days the priests, by doing various servile works, profaned the sabbath day, and yet were not charged with any blame; (See Gill on Matthew 12:3). (See Gill on Matthew 12:4). (See Gill on Matthew 12:5).

Luke 6:3 In-Context

1 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands and eat the kernels.

2 Some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”

3 Jesus answered them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

4 He entered the house of God, and taking the consecrated bread, he ate what is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.”

5 Then Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

Cross References

• 1. 1 Samuel 21:6