Matthew 12:5

or you-do_not_know-anew in to{the law} that to{the sabbaths} the consecrateds[i.e. priests] in to{the consecrated[i.e. temple]} are-defiling the sabbath and are-being without-cause.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

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-comes-into into the house of{the God} and eats the breads of{the place-forth-sis[i.e. state of placing forth]}, the has-been-being not being-permitted to{same} to-eat, nor to{the} alongside of{same}, if not to{the consecrateds[i.e. priests] only},

6Moreover, I-am-saying to{you} that of{the consecrated[i.e. temple]} greater is-being here.

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Cross References

John 7:22Through the-same, Moses has-given to{you} the circumcision, not that out of{the Moses} it-is-being; contrariwise, out of{the fathers}, and in to{[the] sabbath} you-are-circumcising [a] man,

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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