Matthew 12:5 - Revised Standard Version

Or have you not read in the law how on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Or have you never read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple violate the sanctity of the Sabbath [breaking it] and yet are guiltless? [Num. 28:9, 10.]

American Standard Version (1901)

Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless?

Common English Bible

Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple treat the Sabbath as any other day and are still innocent?

Catholic Public Domain Version

Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbaths the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath, and they are without guilt?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple break the sabbath, and are without blame?

Matthew 12:5 Cross References

Nehemiah 13:17

Then I remonstrated with the nobles of Judah and said to them, “What is this evil thing which you are doing, profaning the sabbath day?

Ezekiel 24:21

‘Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the desire of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.

Leviticus 24:8

Every sabbath day Aaron shall set it in order before the Lord continually on behalf of the people of Israel as a covenant for ever.

Matthew 12:4

how he entered the house of God and ate the 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 12:6

I tell you, something greater than the temple is here.