Matthew 12:5

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?

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:17

And I rebuked the chief men of Juda, and said to them: What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the sabbath day?

Ezekiel 24:21

Speak to the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the glory of your realm and the thing that your eyes desire, and for which your soul feareth: your sons, and your daughters, whom you have left, shall fall by the sword.

Leviticus 24:8

Every sabbath they shall be changed before the Lord: being received of the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant:

Matthew 12:4

How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the loaves of proposition, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for them that were with him, but for the priests only?

Matthew 12:6

But I tell you that there is here a greater than the temple.