Matthew 12:6

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

World English 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 you not read in the law that on the Sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?

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

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Cross References

Haggai 2:7and I will shake all nations. The treasure of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Armies.

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 behold, someone 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 in him all the fullness of the Deity 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 →

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