Matthew 12:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Or haven’t you read in the law that on Sabbath days the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath and are innocent?

Tuilleadh leaganacha

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Or have you never read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple violate the sanctity of the Sabbath [breaking it] and yet are guiltless? [Num. 28:9, 10.]

American Standard Version (1901)

Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless?

Common English Bible

Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple treat the Sabbath as any other day and are still innocent?

Catholic Public Domain Version

Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbaths the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath, and they are without guilt?

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?

Matthew 12:5 Tagairtí Cros

Nehemiah 13:17

I rebuked the nobles of Judah and said to them, ‘What is this evil you are doing #– #profaning the Sabbath day?

Ezekiel 24:21

Say to the house of Israel, “This is what the Lord God says: I am about to desecrate my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the desire of your heart. Also, the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.

Leviticus 24:8

The bread is to be set out before the Lord every Sabbath day as a permanent covenant  obligation on the part of the Israelites.

Matthew 12:4

how he entered the house of God, and they ate   the bread of the Presence #– #which is not lawful for him or for those with him to eat, but only for the priests?

Matthew 12:6

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