Mark 2:25

And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?

Cross-reference

1 Samuel 21:3-6 provides the original narrative of David asking for showbread, which Jesus directly cites to justify his disciples' actions.

In 1 Samuel 21:6, the priest gives David the holy bread; this is the specific act Jesus references from the David story.

Matthew 12:3 records Jesus asking the same question about David and the showbread, a parallel account of this event.

Luke 6:3 Parallel

Luke 6:3 records Jesus asking the same question about David and the showbread, a parallel account of this event.