Mark 2:25

“And he said unto them, etc..] By way of answer to their question, and which was a full one, and enough to silence them: have ye never read what David did; referring to the history in (<092101>1 Samuel 21:1-15). when he had need: of bread, was in great necessity, and in the utmost distress: and was an hungered, he, and they that were with him? which was a justifiable reason for what he and his company did; as it was for the action of the disciples; being in a like case, and therefore very appropriate to the purpose; (see Gill on “<401203>Matthew 12:3”).”

“See Matthew 12:1-8. The cornfields - The fields sown with wheat or barley. The word “corn,” in the Bible, refers only to grain of that kind, and never to “maize” or “Indian corn.” To pluck the ears of corn - They were hungry, Matthew 12:1. They therefore gathered the wheat or barley as they walked and rubbed it in their hands to shell it, and thus to satisfy their appetite. Though our Lord was with them, and though he had all things at his control, yet he suffered them to resort to this method of supplying their wants. When Jesus, thus “with” his disciples, suffered them to be “poor,” we may learn that poverty is not disgraceful; that God often suffers it for the good of his people; and that…”

“2:25-26 Jesus countered with reference to an incident in the life of King David (1 Sam 21). When David and his followers ate the sacred loaves—the twelve loaves in the Tabernacle that only priests were allowed to eat—they broke the law (see Lev 24:5-9). But deeper principles were at work (Mark 2:27-28).”

“Have: Mar 12:20, Mar 12:26; Mat 19:4, Mat 21:16, Mat 21:42, Mat 22:31; Luk 10:26 what: Sa1 21:3-6 Mark 2:26”