Matthew 12:5

Good News Translation

Or have you not read in the Law of Moses that every Sabbath the priests in the Temple actually break the Sabbath law, yet they are not guilty?

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:17

I reprimanded the Jewish leaders and told them, “Look at the evil you're doing! You're making the Sabbath unholy.

Ezekiel 24:21

to give you Israelites this message: You are proud of the strength of the Temple. You like to look at it and to visit it, but the Lord is going to profane it. And the younger members of your families who are left in Jerusalem will be killed in war.

Leviticus 24:8

Every Sabbath, for all time to come, the bread must be placed in the presence of the Lord. This is Israel's duty forever.

Matthew 12:4

He went into the house of God, and he and his men ate the bread offered to God, even though it was against the Law for them to eat it—only the priests were allowed to eat that bread.

Matthew 12:6

I tell you that there is something here greater than the Temple.