Matthew 12:5

And haven’t you read in the law that, on the Sabbath, the priest in the Temple break the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?

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In The King James Version

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?

In Context

4how he went into the house of God, and how they ate the consecrated bread, though it was not allowable for him or his companions to eat it, but only for the priests?

6Here, however, I tell you, there is something greater than the Temple!

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Cross References

John 7:22But that is why Moses has instituted circumcision among you – not, indeed, that it began with him, but with our ancestors – and that is why you circumcise even on a Sabbath.

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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