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Luke 6:4 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?”

Luke 6:4

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And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?

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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;

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How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?

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And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

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And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered.

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