Matthew 12:5 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ 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?

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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?

English Standard Version 2016

⁵ Or have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?

Matthew 12:5 Marejeleo ya Msalaba

Nehemiah 13:17

And I rebuked the chief men of Juda, and said to them: What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the sabbath day?

Ezekiel 24:21

Speak to the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the glory of your realm and the thing that your eyes desire, and for which your soul feareth: your sons, and your daughters, whom you have left, shall fall by the sword.

Leviticus 24:8

Every sabbath they shall be changed before the Lord: being received of the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant:

Matthew 12:4

How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the loaves of proposition, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for them that were with him, but for the priests only?

Matthew 12:6

But I tell you that there is here a greater than the temple.