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Matthew 12:5

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

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Matthew 12:5 in other translations

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

Matthew 12:5 · World English Bible

Matthew 12:5 in context

  1. 3But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they that were with him;
  2. 4how he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them that were with him, but only for the priests?
  3. 5Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless?
  4. 6But I say unto you, that one greater than the temple is here.
  5. 7But if ye had known what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.