Luke 6:4 (DRB)

Passage

How he went into the house of God and took and ate the bread of proposition and gave to them that were with him, which is not lawful to eat but only for the priests?

Nearby Context

Luke 6:2 And some of the Pharisees said to them: Why do you that which is not lawful on the sabbath days?

Luke 6:3 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:

Luke 6:4 How he went into the house of God and took and ate the bread of proposition and gave to them that were with him, which is not lawful to eat but only for the priests?

Luke 6:5 And he said to them: The Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

Luke 6:6 And it came to pass also, on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught. And there was a man whose right hand was withered.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "went", "house", "took", "bread", "proposition", "gave", "lawful", and "only". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "went" and "house", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "And Jesus answering them said Have you..." into verse 5's "And he said to them The Son...", so "went" and "house" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "went" and "house" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.