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Luke 6:4

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?

KJV

ὡς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τοὺς ἄρτους τῆς προθέσεως ἔλαβεν καὶ ἔφαγεν καὶ ἔδωκεν καὶ τοῖς μετ’ αὐτοῦ, οὓς οὐκ ἔξεστιν φαγεῖν εἰ μὴ μόνους τοὺς ἱερεῖς;

Greek NT

quomodo intravit in domum Dei, et panes propositionis sumpsit, et manducavit, et dedit his qui cum ipso erant : quos non licet manducare nisi tantum sacerdotibus ?

Vulgate

how he entered into the house of God, and took and ate the showbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat save for the priests alone?

ASV

How he went into the house of God and took and ate the bread of proposition and gave to them that were with him, which is not lawful to eat but only for the priests?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

21 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δίδωμι
didomi
verb · 414×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εἰσέρχομαι
eiserchomai
verb · 195×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λαμβάνω
lambano
verb · 259×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
μόνος
monos
adjective · 48×
οἶκος
oikos
noun · 115×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πρόθεσις
prothesis
noun · 12×
φάγω
phago
verb · 93×
ἄρτος
artos
noun · 97×
ἔξεστι
exesti
verb · 32×
ἱερεύς
iereus
noun · 33×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: ὡς | WH/Treg/NA/RP: ὡς
  • ὡςSBLGNT
  • ὡςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Nestle-Aland 27, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: λαβὼν | WH/Treg/NIV: λαβὼν | RP: ἔλαβεν καὶ
  • λαβὼνSBLGNT
  • λαβὼνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἔλαβεν καὶRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ἔδωκεν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἔδωκεν | RP: + καὶ
  • ἔδωκενSBLGNT
  • ἔδωκενWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + καὶRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Lev 24:5 — And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
  • Lev 24:9 — And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute.