“He said to them,“Did you never read what David did when he had need and was hungry — he, and those who were with him?”
Mark 2:25 (WEB)
Context Reading
23He was going on the Sabbath day through the grain fields; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain. 24The Pharisees said to him, “Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?” 25He said to them,“Did you never read what David did when he had need and was hungry — he, and those who were with him? 26How he entered into God’s house at the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the show bread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?” 27He said to them,“The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.