Matthew 12:6

But I say to you, that something greater than the temple is here.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.

In Context

5Or have ye not read in the Law, that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

7But if ye had known what this meaneth, “I desire mercy and not sacrifice,” ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

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Cross References

Haggai 2:7I will shake all the nations, And here shall come the precious things of all the nations; And I will fill this house with glory, Saith Jehovah of hosts.

Matthew 12:41The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and, lo! something more 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 2:9For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead 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 →

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