Matthew 12:6

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

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

5Have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath but are guiltless?

7If you had known what this meant, 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.

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Cross References

Haggai 2:7I will shake every nation, and every nation will bring their precious things to me, 1 and I will fill this house with glory, says Yahweh of hosts. 1

Matthew 12:41The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation of people and will condemn it. For they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and see, someone greater than Jonah is here.

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

Colossians 2:9For in him all the fullness of God lives in bodily form.

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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