3 Jesus answered them, "Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
3 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;
3 And Jesus answered them, "Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him:
3 But Jesus stood up for them. "Have you never read what David and those with him did when they were hungry?
3 But Jesus answering them said, "Have you not even read this, what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him:
3 Jesus replied, "Haven't you read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 6:3
Commentary on Luke 6:1-5
(Read Luke 6:1-5)
Christ justifies his disciples in a work of necessity for themselves on the sabbath day, and that was plucking the ears of corn when they were hungry. But we must take heed that we mistake not this liberty for leave to commit sin. Christ will have us to know and remember that it is his day, therefore to be spent in his service, and to his honour.