Matthew 12:3
Strong's Lexicon
[Jesus] replied
εἶπεν (eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

Have you not read
ἀνέγνωτε (anegnōte)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 314: To read, know again, know certainly, recognize, discern. From ana and ginosko; to know again, i.e. to read.

what
τί (ti)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

David
Δαυὶδ (Dauid)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1138: David, King of Israel. Of Hebrew origin; Dabid, the Israelite king.

did
ἐποίησεν (epoiēsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

when
ὅτε (hote)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3753: When, at which time. From hos and te; at which too, i.e. When.

{he} and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

his companions
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

μετ’ (met’)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.

αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

were hungry ?
ἐπείνασεν (epeinasen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3983: To be hungry, needy, desire earnestly. From the same as penes; to famish; figuratively, to crave.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Jesus replied, Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

Young's Literal Translation
And he said to them, ‘Did ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, himself and those with him—

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and those who were with him were hungry —

New American Standard Bible
But He said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he became hungry, he and his companions,

King James Bible
But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
Parallel Verses
New International Version
He answered, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

New Living Translation
Jesus said to them, "Haven't you read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

English Standard Version
He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him:

New American Standard Bible
But He said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he became hungry, he and his companions,

King James Bible
But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He said to them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and those who were with him were hungry--

International Standard Version
But he told them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

NET Bible
He said to them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry--

American Standard Version
But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they that were with him;

English Revised Version
But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;

Young's Literal Translation
And he said to them, 'Did ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, himself and those with him --
















Cross References
1 Samuel 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.

Matthew 12:2
But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.

Matthew 12:4
How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?

Matthew 1:1
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Matthew 12:1
At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.

Matthew 11:30
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Matthew 12:5
Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

Matthew 12:6
But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.
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