Mark 2:25

25 And he said to them, Read ye never what David did, when he had need, and he hungered, 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 was done again, when the Lord walked in the sabbaths by the corns, and his disciples began to pass forth [and his disciples began to go forth], and [to] pluck ears of the corn.

24 And the Pharisees said to him, Lo! what thy disciples do in the sabbaths, that is not leaveful [Lo! what do thy disciples in sabbaths, the thing that is not leaveful(?)].

25 And he said to them, Read ye never what David did, when he had need, and he hungered, and they that were with him?

26 How he went into the house of God, under Abiathar, prince of priests, and ate loaves of proposition [and ate loaves of proposition, either of setting forth], which it was not leaveful to eat, but to priests alone, and he gave to them that were with him.

27 And he said to them, The sabbath is made for man, and not man for the sabbath;