Matthew 12:5

Tree of Life Version

Or haven’t you read in the Torah that on Shabbat the kohanim in the Temple break Shabbat and yet are innocent?

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:17

So I complained to the nobles of Judah and asked them, “What is this evil thing that you are doing? You are profaning Yom Shabbat!

Ezekiel 24:21

speak to the house of Israel, thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘Behold, I will profane My Sanctuary, the pride of your might, the desire of your eyes and the longing of your soul. Your sons and your daughters that you have left behind will fall by the sword.

Leviticus 24:8

Every Yom Shabbat he is to set it in order before Adonai continually. It is an everlasting covenant on behalf of Bnei-Yisrael.

Matthew 12:4

How he entered into the house of God, and they ate the showbread, which was not permitted for him to eat, nor for those with him, but only for the kohanim?

Matthew 12:6

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