Matthew 12:6

Matthew chapter 12 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

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

v.5Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless?

v.6This passage

v.7But if ye had known what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

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

Haggai 2:7
and I will shake all nations; and the precious things of all nations shall come; and I will fill this house with glory, saith Jehovah of hosts.
John 2:19
Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
Colossians 2:9
for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,
2 Chronicles 6:18
But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have builded!
Matthew 23:17
Ye fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold?
Ephesians 2:20
being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone;