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John Gill
And he said unto them,.... By way of answer to their question, and which was a full one, and enough to silence them: have ye never read what David did; referring to the history in 1 Samuel 21:1. when he had need: of bread, was in great necessity, and in the utmost distress: and was an hungered, he, and they that were with him? which was a justifiable reason for what he and his company did; as it...
Matthew Henry
In this chapter, we have, I. Christ's healing a man that was sick of a palsy, ver. 1-12. II. His calling of Matthew from the receipt of custom, and his eating, upon that occasion, with publicans and sinners, and justifying himself in so doing, ver. 13-17. III. His justifying his disciples in not fasting so much as those plucking the ears of corn on the sabbath day, ver. 23-28. All which passages...
Charles H. Spurgeon
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? How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the High priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him? And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the...