3But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
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Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present. …
And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;
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? …
And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-13)The Jewish teachers had corrupted many of the commandments, by interpreting them more loosely than they were intended; a mistake which Christ discovered and rectified (Matt. 5:1-48) in his sermon on the mount: but concerning the fourth commandment, they had erred in the other extreme, and interpreted it too strictly. Note, it is common for men of corrupt minds, by their zeal in rituals, and the ex…
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