Mat 12:3-4, 7 | ESV | STEP | He said to them , Have you not read what David did when he was hungry , and those who were with him :

Matthew 12:3-4

3 He said to them, ^a“Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him: 4 how he entered the house of God and ate ^bthe bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?

Matthew 12:7

7 And if you had known ^cwhat this means, ^d‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.