'Read' in the Bible

He came to Nazareth also, where He had been brought up; and, as was His custom, He went to the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read.

"Have you never read so much as this," answered Jesus--"what David did when he and his followers were hungry;

"Go to the Law," said Jesus; "what is written there? how does it read?"

Vain pretenders! You know how to read the aspect of earth and sky. How is it you cannot read this present time?