Luke 6:3
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;
KJV
καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς πρὸς αὐτοὺς εἶπεν· οὐδὲ τοῦτο ἀνέγνωτε ὃ ἐποίησεν Δαυεὶδ ὁπότε ἐπείνασεν αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ μετ’ αὐτοῦ ὄντες;
Greek NT
Et respondens Jesus ad eos, dixit : Nec hoc legistis quod fecit David, cum esurisset ipse, et qui cum illo erant ?
Vulgate
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;
ASV
And Jesus answering them, said: Have you not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was hungry and they that were with him:
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In the original Greek
17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ὁπότε — SBLGNT
- ὁπότε — Robinson-Pierpont
- ὅτε — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ὄντες — SBLGNT
- ὄντες — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Vain attempts of Marcion and his followers, who exclude Abraham from the salvation bestowed by Christ, who liberated not only Abraham, but the seed of Abraham, by fulfilling and not destroying the law when He healed on the Sabbath day. 1. Vain, too, is [the effort of] Marcion and his followers when they [seek to] exclude Abraham from the inheritance, to whom the Spirit through …
Cross-references
- 1Sam 21:3 — Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
- 1Sam 21:6 — So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
- Mark 2:25 — And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
- Mark 12:10 — And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
- Matt 12:3 — But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
- Matt 12:3 — But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
- Matt 21:16 — And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?