Mark 2:25

25 Jesus answered, "Have you never read what David did when he and those with him were hungry and needed food?

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 One Sabbath day, as Jesus was walking through some fields of grain, his followers began to pick some grain to eat.

24 The Pharisees said to Jesus, "Why are your followers doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath day?"

25 Jesus answered, "Have you never read what David did when he and those with him were hungry and needed food?

26 During the time of Abiathar the high priest, David went into God's house and ate the holy bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. And David also gave some of the bread to those who were with him."

27 Then Jesus said to the Pharisees, "The Sabbath day was made to help people; they were not made to be ruled by the Sabbath day.