Matthew 12:5
3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
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?
6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.
7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
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.
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- 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
And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof:
Read in contextJohn 7:22–23
Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.
Read in context