Matthew 12:5
3 Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
4 He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.
Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are innocent?
6 But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.
7 If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are innocent?
- KJV
- 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?
- WEB
- Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?
- ASV
- Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless?
- DARBY
- Or have ye not read in the law that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
- BLB
- Or did you⁺ not read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?
- ÅB
- Eller har dere ikke lest i loven at prestene på sabbaten vanhelliger sabbaten i templet, og likevel er uten skyld?
- OTB
- Eller har dere ikke lest i loven at prestene i tempelet vanhelliger sabbaten, men likevel er uskyldige?
- B1930
- Eller har I ikke lest i loven at prestene på sabbaten vanhelliger sabbaten i templet og er dog uten skyld?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 28:9–10
On the Sabbath day, present two unblemished year-old male lambs, accompanied by a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, as well as a drink offering.
Read in contextJohn 7:22–23
But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)
Read in context