Matthew 12:6

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

Updated King James Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5Or have all of you not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

7But if all of you had known what this means, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, all of you would not have condemned the guiltless.

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Cross References

Haggai 2:7And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of hosts.

Matthew 12:41The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

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

Colossians 2:9For in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead 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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