Mark 2:25

25 And he sayde to them: have ye never rede what David dyd when he had nede and was anhogred bothe he and they that were with him?

Mark 2:25 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 2:25

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 21:1-15 ) .

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 was for the action of the disciples; being in a like case, and therefore very appropriate to the purpose; (See Gill on Matthew 12:3).

Mark 2:25 In-Context

23 And it chaunsed that he wet thorow ye corne feldes on the Saboth daye: and his disciples as they went on their waye beganne to plucke the eares of corne.

24 And the Pharises sayde vnto him: beholde why do they on the Saboth dayes yt which is not laufull?

25 And he sayde to them: have ye never rede what David dyd when he had nede and was anhogred bothe he and they that were with him?

26 How he went into the housse of God in the dayes of Abiathar ye hye preste and dyd eate ye halowed loves which is not laufull to eate but for ye prestes only: and gave also to the which were with him?

27 And he sayde to them: the Saboth daye was made for man and not man for the Saboth daye.