Matthew 12:3-7 But he said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he and his companions were hungry?

Goodspeed⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ But he said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he and his companions were hungry? ⁴ How is it that he went into the House of God and that they ate the Presentation Loaves which it was against the Law for him and his companions to eat, or for anyone except the priests? ⁵ Or did you never read in the Law how the priests in the Temple are not guilty when they break the Sabbath? ⁶ But I tell you, there is something greater than the Temple here! ⁷ But if you knew what the saying means, 'It is mercy, not sacrifice, that I care for,' you would not have condemned men who are not guilty.