Matthew 12:5

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are guiltless?

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:17

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

Ezekiel 24:21

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

Leviticus 24:8

Every Sabbath day Aaron shall set them in order before the Lord regularly as a commitment of the Israelites, as a covenant forever.

Matthew 12:4

How he entered the house of God, and they ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him or his companions to eat, but only for the priests?

Matthew 12:6

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