Mark 2:25

25 He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?

Mark 2:25 in Other Translations

25 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?

25 And he said to them, "Have you never read what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him:

25 Jesus said to them, “Haven’t you ever read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

25 Jesus said, "Really? Haven't you ever read what David did when he was hungry, along with those who were with him?

25 He said to them, "Have you never read what David and those who were with him did when he was in need and hungry-

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 Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain.

24 The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”

25 He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?

26 In the days of Abiathar the high priest, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.”

27 Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.