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Matthew 12:6
But I say to you that a greater thing than the Temple is here.
Matthew 12:6 · Bible in Basic English
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Matthew 12:6 in other translations
But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.
But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.
But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.
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In context
3 But he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did when he had need of food, and those who were with him?
4 How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread which it was not right for him or for those who were with him to take, but only for the priests?
5 Or is it not said in the law, how the Sabbath is broken by the priests in the Temple and they do no wrong?
6 But I say to you that a greater thing than the Temple is here.
7 But if these words had been in your minds, My desire is for mercy and not for offerings, you would not have been judging those who have done no wrong.
8 For the Son of man is lord of the Sabbath.
9 And he went from there into their Synagogue:
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