Matthew 12:5 - Modern English Version

⁵ Or have you not read in the law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, but are blameless?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ 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

⁵ 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)

⁵ 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

⁵ 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

⁵ 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?

Matthew 12:5 Tagairtí Cros

Nehemiah 13:17

Then I confronted the nobles of Judah and asked them, “What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day?

Ezekiel 24:21

Speak to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will profane My sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the desire of your eyes and the delight of your soul. And your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind shall fall by the sword.

Leviticus 24:8

Every Sabbath he shall set it in order continually before the Lord, with the portion taken from the Israelites by a perpetual covenant.

Matthew 12:4

how he entered the house of God and ate the ritual bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who were with him, but only for the priests?

Matthew 12:6

I say to you, in this place there is One who is greater than the temple.