Matthew 12:5

Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling

Or whether ye have not read in the law, that in the sabbaths priests in the temple defoul the sabbaths, and they be without blame?

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:17

And I rebuked the principal men of Judah, and I said to them, What is this evil thing that ye do, and make unholy the day of the sabbath?

Ezekiel 24:21

Speak thou to the house of Israel, The Lord God saith these things, Lo! I shall defoul my saintuary, the pride of your empire, and the desirable thing of your eyes, and on which your soul dreadeth; and your sons and your daughters, which ye left, shall fall by sword.

Leviticus 24:8

by each sabbath those [or they] shall be changed before the Lord, and shall be taken of the sons of Israel by everlasting bond of peace;

Matthew 12:4

how he entered into the house of God, and ate loaves of proposition, [either of setting forth], which loaves it was not leaveful to him to eat, neither to them that were with him, but to priests alone?

Matthew 12:6

And I say to you, that here is a greater than the temple.