Matthew 12:6
But I say to you, that a greater than the temple is here.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.
In Context
Cross References
Haggai 2:7And I will shake all nations, and the precious things of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house with glory, says LORD of hosts.
Matthew 12:41The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
John 2:19Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
Colossians 2:9Because in him all the fullness of the divinity dwells bodily.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 12:2-14
Christ Vindicates His Disciples. 1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. 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 showbread, which was not lawful for him… Read the whole commentary →