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Matthew 12:5
Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
Matthew 12:5 · Webster Bible
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Matthew 12:5 in other translations
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?
Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are innocent?
Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?
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In context
2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, Behold, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath.
3 But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him;
4 How he entered into the house of God, and ate the show-bread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them who were with him, but only for the priests?
5 Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
6 But I say to you, that in this place is [one] greater than the temple.
7 But if ye had known what [this] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.
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