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Luke 6:3

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;

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἀποκριθεὶςapokritheisansweringἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “answering”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.answeringπρὸςprosthemπρόςpreposition — “them”G4314to, towards, with.themαὐτοὺςautoushimselfαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “himself”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himselfεἶπενeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).ὁhothey whichὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “they which”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.they whichἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.Οὐδὲoudeand notοὐδέadverb — “and not”G3761neither, nor, not even, and not.τοῦτοtoutothisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ἀνέγνωτεanegnōteto readἀναγινώσκω (anaginōskō)verb, aorist active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to read”, a single actionG314I read, know again, know certainly, recognize, discern.ὃhowhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “which”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.ἐποίησενepoiēsento doποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to do”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.ΔαυὶδdauidDavidΔαυίδnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “David”, the subject formG1138David, King of Israel.ὁπότεhopotewheneverὁπότεconjunction — “whenever”G3698when.ἐπείνασενepeinasento hungerπεινάω (peinaō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to hunger”, a single actionG3983I am hungry, needy, desire earnestly.αὐτὸςautoshimαὐτόςpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “him”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.μετ’metwithμετά (meta)preposition — “with”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.This verse uses “with”.αὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ὄντεςontesto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And Jesus answering said unto them, 'Did ye not read even this that David did, when he hungered, himself and those who are with him,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read even this, what David did, when he was hungry, he, and they that were with him;

Young’s Literal Translation

And Jesus answering said unto them, 'Did ye not read even this that David did, when he hungered, himself and those who are with him,

World English Bible

Jesus, answering them, said, “Haven’ t you read what David did when he was hungry , he and those who were with him ,

Darby Translation

And Jesus answering said to them, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did when he hungered, he and those who were with him,

Douay-Rheims

And Jesus answering them, said: Have you not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was hungry, and they that were with him:

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1 Samuel 21:6 1 Samuel 21:6 · King James VersionSo the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.1 Samuel 21:6 · King James VersionOpen the Source
Have ye not read
So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.