Matthew 12:5

Matthew chapter 12 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless?

Context

v.4how he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them that were with him, but only for the priests?

v.5This passage

v.6But I say unto you, that one greater than the temple is here.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Numbers 28:9
And on the sabbath day two he-lambs a year old without blemish, and two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, and the drink-offering thereof:
John 7:22
Moses hath given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers); and on the sabbath ye circumcise a man.