Matthew 12:6

But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and yet are guiltless?

7But if you had known what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:41The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

John 2:19Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

Colossians 2:9For all the fullness of God's nature dwells bodily in Christ,

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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