²⁴ And the Pharisees began to say^[a] to him, “Behold, why are they doing what is not permitted on the Sabbath?” ²⁵ And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he had need and he and those who were with him were hungry— ²⁶ how he entered into the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the bread of the presentation, which it is not permitted to eat (except the priests) and also gave it^[b] to those who were with him?”